Diversity and its discontents : cultural conflict and common ground in contemporary American society /

Alexander, Jeffrey C., 1947-

Diversity and its discontents : cultural conflict and common ground in contemporary American society / edited by Neil J. Smelser and Jeffrey C. Alexander. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1999. - viii, 320 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Jeffrey C. Alexander, Professor of Sociology at Yale University, is a key scholar in US sociology and among the most prolific and well-cited theorists in cultural sociology globally.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

0691004374 (pbk. : alk. paper)

98031391


Cultural pluralism--United States.
Culture conflict--United States.
Social values--United States.
Postmodernism--Social aspects--United States.


United States--Social conditions--1980-2020.

E184.A1 / D57 1999

303.48/2/0973