Diverse Nations: Explorations in the History of Racial and Ethnic Pluralism

Introduction Part One: Perspectives on Ethnoracial Diversity in the United States Chapter 1: Models of American Ethnic Relations: A Historical Perspective Chapter 2: The Historical Construction of Race and Citizenship in the United States Chapter 3: America's Diversity in Comparative Perspective Chapter 4: John Higham's Plural America Part Two: Slavery and Racism: Historiographic Interventions Chapter 5: The Skeleton in the Closet Chapter 6: They'll Take Their Stand: Davis and Genovese Chapter 7: America's Original Sin Chapter 8: The Long Trek to Freedom Chapter 9: Redcoat Liberation Chapter 10: Black Hearts and Monsters of the Mind: Race and Identity in Antebellum America Chapter 11: Still Separate and Unequal: The Strange Career of Affirmative Action Part Three: Cross-National Comparisons Chapter 12: Race and Racism in Historical Perspective: Comparing the United States, South Africa, and Brazil Chapter 13: Beyond Race? Ideological Color Blindness in the United States, Brazil, and South Africa Chapter 14: Diverse Republics: French and American Responses to Racial Pluralism Chapter 15: Mulattoes and Metis: Attitudes toward Miscegenation in the United States and France since the Seventeenth Century