Chapter 1. Introduction: Defining the Terrain Phyllis Kahaney and Judith Liu Part IChapter 2. Recognizing Diversity within a Common Historical Narrative: Culture, History, and the Study of Social Life John S. Wills and Hugh Mehan Chapter 3. From Freedom to Manners: African American Literacy in the Nineteenth Century Tom FoxChapter4. The View from Here: Toward a Critical Pedagogy in the Multiethnic Classroom Gail Perez Part 2Chapter 5. Exploring Diversity in the Writings of Asian American Students Franklin Ng Chapter 6. Designing Writing Assignments for Exploring Diversity Terri A. Hasseler and John C. Bean Chapter 7. Linking Assignment Design to Paper Grading in Classes about Diversity Mark L. Waldo and Amanda Espinosa-Aguilar Chapter 8. Out of the Closet: Writing to Learn Steven Hartwell Chapter 9. Afterword: Reading and Writing Diversity Min-Zhan Lu ContributorsIndex