DIVERSITY: The Invention Of A Concept.

black & tan cloth hardbound 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks brand new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~. first edition so stated. first printing ( # 1 in # line). viii+351p. approximately 5 b&w illustrations. acknowledgments. notes & references. index. world history. anthropology. politics. sociology. current affairs. ~ 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. And what diversity's 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 numerical outcomes 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 all real diversity of ideas and individuals. 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~.…