Grant H. Cornwell is professor and chair of philosophy at St. Lawrence University. Eve Walsh Stoddard is professor of English and chair of global studies at St. Lawrence.

This volume is a welcome antidote to the many books that confine themselves to an examination of multiculturalism in a single context. It should be read by anyone trying to understand the complex realities of globalization and multiculturalism in the twenty-first century.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: National Boundaries/Transnational IdentitiesPart 2 Part I: Multi Culturalism and Ethnicity: Contested Ownership of National CultureChapter 3 Miscegenation as a Metaphor for Nation Building: The ‘Douglarisation‘ Controversy in Trinidad and TobagoChapter 4 The Chinese in Thailand: Ethnicity and PowerChapter 5 “To Be French:” Franco-Maghrebians and the Commission de la NationaliteChapter 6 Spectacular Imaginings: Performing Community in GuatemalaPart 7 Part II: Multiculturalism and Race: Alternative Constructions of Black and WhiteChapter 8 Brazil: Interactions and Conflicts in a Multicultural SocietyChapter 9 Songs in a Strange Land: Race, Dual Consciousness, and the Narrative of African-American Identity in the United StatesChapter 10 Letting the Side Down: Personal Reflections on Colonial and Independent KenyaChapter 11 Race in the Formation of Cuban National and Cultural IdentityPart 12 Part III: Multiculturalism and Politics: Constitutional Approaches to InequalityChapter 13 The Zimbabwe Constitution: Race, Land Reform and Social JusticeChapter 14 Bosnia: Two Days in NovemberChapter 15 The Crisis of the Mexican State and the Nation: Chiapas as MetaphorChapter 16 China’s Ethnicities: State Ideology and Policy in Historical PerspectiveChapter 17 Official Multiculturalism in Canada: Between Virtue and Politics