Remaking America: How the Benevolent Traditions of Many Cultures Are Transforming Our National Life
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JAMES A. JOSEPH is the U. S. Ambassador to South Africa. Former president and CEO of the Council on Foundations, he was the Under Secretary of the Interior in the Carter administration and was appointed by President Clinton to serve as chairman of the board of directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service. He is the author of The Charitable Impulse (1989).
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Part One: The Changing Civic Culture
1. The Search for an American Identity
Part Two: Native Americans
2. The Tribe as Benevolent Community
3. Chief Seattle: Every Part of the Earth Is Sacred
4. Reuben Snake: Walking on the Prayers of Our Grandmothers
5. Zikala-Sa: On the Razor's Edge Between Tradition and Change
Part Three: African Americans
6. The Cosmology of Connectedness
7. Thomy Lafon: Black Aristocracy and Benevolent Wealth
8. Maggie Walker: Self-Help and Social Reform
9. Madam C. J. Walker: Entrepreneurial Philanthropy
Part Four: Asian Americans
10. The Bridging of Cultures
11. Le Ly Hayslip: When Heaven and Earth Changed Places
12. Patrick Okura: In Quest of Justice
13. An Wang: Humanity Without Benevolence Invites Destruction
Part Five: Latinos
14. The Primacy of Family and Church
15. Patrick Flores: The Mariachi Bishop
16. Sister Isolina: The Mother Theresa of Puerto Rico
17. Cesar Chavez: Apostle of Nonviolence
Part Six: The Genesis of Community
18. A New Paradigm
1. The Search for an American Identity
Part Two: Native Americans
2. The Tribe as Benevolent Community
3. Chief Seattle: Every Part of the Earth Is Sacred
4. Reuben Snake: Walking on the Prayers of Our Grandmothers
5. Zikala-Sa: On the Razor's Edge Between Tradition and Change
Part Three: African Americans
6. The Cosmology of Connectedness
7. Thomy Lafon: Black Aristocracy and Benevolent Wealth
8. Maggie Walker: Self-Help and Social Reform
9. Madam C. J. Walker: Entrepreneurial Philanthropy
Part Four: Asian Americans
10. The Bridging of Cultures
11. Le Ly Hayslip: When Heaven and Earth Changed Places
12. Patrick Okura: In Quest of Justice
13. An Wang: Humanity Without Benevolence Invites Destruction
Part Five: Latinos
14. The Primacy of Family and Church
15. Patrick Flores: The Mariachi Bishop
16. Sister Isolina: The Mother Theresa of Puerto Rico
17. Cesar Chavez: Apostle of Nonviolence
Part Six: The Genesis of Community
18. A New Paradigm
