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050 00 $aE184.A1$bW715 2003
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100 1 $aWood, Peter,$d1953-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2003094673
245 10 $aDiversity :$bthe invention of a concept /$cPeter Wood.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aSan Francisco :$bEncounter Books,$c2003.
300 $aviii, 351 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 311-335) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tDiversity in America --$g2.$tImagined Diversity --$g3.$tDiversity Before Diversity --$g4.$tThe Language of Diversity --$g5.$tBakke and Beyond --$g6.$tDiverse Gods --$g7.$tDiversity Afflicts the Arts --$g8.$tIdentity Business --$g9.$tDiversity on Campus --$g10.$tConsuming Diversity --$g11.$tSelective Diversity --$g12.$tMultitudes.
520 1 $a"In just a few years, diversity has become America's most visible cultural ideal. Corporations alter their recruitment and hiring policies in the name of a diverse workforce. Universities institute new admissions procedures in the name of a diverse student body. Presidents choose their major appointees in the name of a diverse cabinet.
520 8 $aAnd what diversity proponents have in mind, Peter Wood argues, is not the dictionary meaning of the word - variety and multiplicity - but a new and often narrow kind of conformity." "Whether as prescribed numerial outcome or as the celebration of cultural difference, diversity, according to Wood, is now a deadening force in American life, a cliche that promotes group stereotypes and undermines any real diversity of ideas and individuals.".
520 8 $a"In this learned and entertaining book, Wood has undertaken nothing less than the biography of a concept. Drawing on classic texts of history and anthropology, science and religion, he shows that - contrary to the self-flattering assumptions of our time - Americans of earlier eras often met diversty open-mindedly, with a combination of awe, delight and curiosity."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aCultural pluralism$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109394
650 0 $aMulticulturalism$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008107833
651 0 $aUnited States$xEthnic relations.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140043
651 0 $aUnited States$xRace relations.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
650 0 $aMinorities$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85085816
650 0 $aGroup identity$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105432
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