Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.

Cultural diversity in the United States / Ida Susser -- Class and historical process in the United States / Thomas C. Patterson -- Biological diversity and cultural diversity : from race to radical bioculturalism / Alan H. Goodman -- The peoplings of the Americas : Anglo stereotypes and Native American realities / C. Loring Brace and A. Russell Nelson -- Diversity in the context of health and illness / Cheryl Mwaria -- Health, disease, and social inequality / Merrill Singer -- The color-blind bind / Lee D. Baker -- Racialized identities and the law / Sally Engle Merry --Diversity and archaeology / Thomas C. Patterson -- The roots of U.S. inequality / Elizabeth M. Scott -- Contemporary Native American struggles / Thomas Biolsi -- The complex diversity of language in the United States / Bonnie Urciuoli -- Labor struggles : gender, ethnicity, and the new migration / June Nash -- Poverty and homelessness in U.S. cities / Ida Susser -- Ethnic enclaves and cultural diversity / Kenneth J. Guest and Peter Kwong -- Perspectives on U.S. kinship / A. Lynn Bolles -- Ethnicity and psychocultural models / Michael Winkelman -- Aging in the United States : diversity as a late-life concern / Maria D. Vesperi -- Sexual minorities and the new urban poverty / Jeff Maskovsky -- Studying U.S. cultural diversity : some non-essentializing perspectives / Douglas Foley and Kirby Moss -- Diversity in anthropological theory / Karen Brodkin -- Building bridges and empowerment : anthropological contributions to diversity and educational practices / Steven F. Arvizu -- Teaching ethnicity and place in the United States / J. Diego Vigil and Curtis C. Roseman -- An archaeological approach to teaching U.S. cultural diversity / Ruben G. Mendoza -- Against cultural essentialism / Judith Goode -- Afterword : understanding U.S. diversity : where do we go from here? / Louise Lamphere.