0 Diversity in the United States : questions and concepts -- Assimilation and pluralism : from immigrants to white ethnics -- Prejudice and discrimination -- The development of dominant-minority group relations in preindustrial America : the origins of slavery -- Industrialization and dominant-minority relations : from slavery to segregation and the coming of postindustrial society -- African Americans : from segregation to modern institutional discrimination and modern racism -- American Indians : from conquest to tribal survival in a postindustrial society -- Hispanic Americans : colonization, immigration, and ethnic enclaves -- Asian Americans : "model minorities"? -- New Americans, assimilation, and old challenges -- Minority groups and U.S. society : themes, patterns, and the future.