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A textbook for college diversity courses, this book offers an overview of the wide diversity in our society, with a focus on fair treatment and respect for all people. Interacting comfortably with diverse individuals, in the community and work place, is emphasized. Topics include race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, culture, health, communication, social status, behavior, personality, physical ability, and sensory ability. Each chapter includes sample test questions and both individual and group exercises.
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Learn more about our diverse world.
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This is a text for anyone interested in exploring human differences. It offers an overview of the wide diversity in our society, with a focus on fair treatment and respect for all people. Readers are motivated to increase their comfort level around people who are different. Topics include diversity in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, culture, health, communication, social status, behavior, personality, physical ability, and sensory ability. There are also chapters on the laws of human diversity, societal perspectives, educational perspectives, and family perspectives. Each chapter also includes both individual and group exercises.
Stuart B. Schwartz is the George Burton Adams Professor of History and chair of the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies at Yale University. His many books include "All Can Be Saved: Religious Tolerance and Salvation in the Iberian Atlantic World."
Craig Conley is an established teacher and author with a long history of writing for schools and public libraries. He is currently a consulting editor for McGraw-Hill and Globe Fearon publishers. For nine years he was an instructor of composition, literature, and study skills at universities and community colleges in Tennessee, Virginia, and Florida. His articles have appeared in magazines such as Verbatim, Mothering, Mnemosyne Journal, American Cage-Bird, and Home Education. Conley holds a B.S. in mass communications and an M.A. in English from Middle Tennessee State University.
Craig Conley is an established teacher and author with a long history of writing for schools and public libraries. He is currently a consulting editor for McGraw-Hill and Globe Fearon publishers. For nine years he was an instructor of composition, literature, and study skills at universities and community colleges in Tennessee, Virginia, and Florida. His articles have appeared in magazines such as Verbatim, Mothering, Mnemosyne Journal, American Cage-Bird, and Home Education. Conley holds a B.S. in mass communications and an M.A. in English from Middle Tennessee State University.
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- PublisherMcGraw-Hill
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0070572593
- ISBN 13 9780070572591
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
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