Pt. I. Historical background, theoretical framework, and sociodemographic context.
Introduction : immigration and the color line in America
Theoretical perspectives on color lines in the United States
What is this person's race? The census and the construction of racial categories
Immigration and the geography of the new ethnoracial diversity / with James D. Bachmeier and Zoya Gubernskaya
Pt. II. Individual experiences of diversity : from multiraciality to multiracial identification.
The cultural boundaries of ethnoracial status and intermarriage
What about the children? Interracial families and ethnoracial identification
Who is multiracial? The cultural reproduction of the one-drop rule
From racial to ethnic status : claiming ethnicity through culture
Pt. III. The empirical and policy significance of diversity : generalization and paradox.
Ethnoracial diversity, minority-group threat, and boundary dissolution : clarifying the diversity paradox / with James D. Bachmeier
Conclusion : the diversity paradox and beyond (Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose).