Multiculturalism /

Multiculturalism / edited by Robert Emmet Long - New York : H.W. Wilson, 1997 - viii, 179 pages ; 26 cm - The reference shelf ; v. 69, no. 5 . - Reference shelf ; v. 69, no. 5 .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-170) and index

Demonizing the academy / Liberalism and the culture: a turning of the tide? / Philanthropical correctness / Political correctness at Rutgers / Curriculum and culture: new round is opened in a scholarly fistfight / All quiet on the (post) Western front? / Fostering empathy and finding common ground in multiethnic classes / Steven Z. Athanases, David Christiano, and Elizabeth Lay -- Changes in America's secondary school literature programs / Will zealots spell the doom of great literature? / Contract with academia / The espresso uprising / A museum in crisis / Smithsonian suffers legionnaires' disease / Fifty years under a cloud / History lesson / What Johnny still won't know about history / Culture wars: the GOP's version of American history is "don't worry, be happy" / Kitchens & rivers / Footnote from an integrationist / Sweet land of liberties / Welcome to post-culturalism / Richard Rorty -- Norman Podhoretz -- David Samuels -- William L. O'Neill -- William H. Honan -- Clifford Orwin -- Sandra Stotsky -- William J. Reeves -- Andrew Delbanco -- John Leo -- Stephen Budiansky -- Stanley Goldberg -- Tom Engelhardt -- John Wiener -- Walter A. McDougall -- Eric Alterman -- J. Patrick Dobel -- Patrick A. Hall -- Jerry Adler -- Christopher Clausen

"A collection of reprinted articles from various sources concerning multiculturalism in education, politics, and national identity."

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Cultural pluralism--History--United States--20th century
Multiculturalism--History--United States--20th century
Multicultural education--History--United States--20th century


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