José-Antonio Orosco is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Oregon State University in Corvallis. His main interests are in social and political philosophy with an emphasis on social movements and democratic theory, US American pragmatism, and Latin / Latin American thought. He has taught previously at the Universidad Latina de America in Morelia, Mexico, and at the National University of Rosario, in Rosario, Argentina. He is author of Cesar Chavez and the Common Sense of Nonviolence.

As we move forward, looking back could shed light on making the nation a more participatory democracy.(Albuquerque Journal) Orosco's book is an especially prescient resource for continued debate on immigration and pluralism in the United States.(The Pluralist)

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Three Models of the Melting Pot 2. Cultural Pluralism and Principles of Pragmatist Solidarity 3. From Plymouth Rock to Ellis Island: Louis Adamic and Cultural Flourishing 4. W.E.B. Du Bois and the Black Cultural Contribution to US Deep Democracy 5. Josiah Royce's Deliberative Democracy for Multicultural Conflict and Education6. Aliens and Neighbors: Jane Addams and the Reframing of the Undocumented Immigration Debate 7. Cesar Chavez and the Pluralist Foundations of US American Democracy ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

José-Antonio Orosco is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Oregon State University in Corvallis. His main interests are in social and political philosophy with an emphasis on social movements and democratic theory, US American pragmatism, and Latin / Latin American thought. He has taught previously at the Universidad Latina de America in Morelia, Mexico, and at the National University of Rosario, in Rosario, Argentina. He is author of Cesar Chavez and the Common Sense of Nonviolence.

As we move forward, looking back could shed light on making the nation a more participatory democracy.(Albuquerque Journal) Orosco's book is an especially prescient resource for continued debate on immigration and pluralism in the United States.(The Pluralist)

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Three Models of the Melting Pot 2. Cultural Pluralism and Principles of Pragmatist Solidarity 3. From Plymouth Rock to Ellis Island: Louis Adamic and Cultural Flourishing 4. W.E.B. Du Bois and the Black Cultural Contribution to US Deep Democracy 5. Josiah Royce's Deliberative Democracy for Multicultural Conflict and Education6. Aliens and Neighbors: Jane Addams and the Reframing of the Undocumented Immigration Debate 7. Cesar Chavez and the Pluralist Foundations of US American Democracy ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex