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Overviews

    Changing America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being by Race and Hispanic Origin
    Council of Economic Advisers for the President's Initiative on Race, September 1998. This chart book documents current differences in well-being by race and Hispanic origin and describes how such differences have evolved over the past several decades.
    http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/society/diverse/ca.pdf

    Changing America: The United States Population in Transition
    U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Society & Values, Volume 4, Number 2, June 1999.
    http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itsv/0699/ijse/ijse0699.htm

    Diversity in America
    By Alison Stein Wellner, "American Demographics", November 2002. A portrait of the American melting pot, with projections for the black, Hispanic, Asian, white and Native American populations to the year 2007.
    http://www.mapinfo.com/common/library/diversity.pdf

    Land of Plenty: Diversity as America’s Competitive Edge in Science, Engineering and Technology
    National Science Foundation, Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering, and Technology.
    http://www.nsf.gov/od/cawmset/report.htm

    Now That I'm Here: What America's Immigrants Have to Say About Life in the U.S. Today
    Public Agenda. Based on a survey of 1002 foreign-born U.S. residents, this report looks at how these immigrants are responding to life in America.
    http://www.publicagenda.org/research/research_reports_details.cfm?list=12

    Toward One America: A National Conversation on Race
    U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs. Electronic Journal, August 1997.
    http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itsv/0897/ijse/ijse0897.htm

    Writers on America
    U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs. 15 writers reflecting the considerable diversity of American writing today, were commissioned to each write an essay. The assignment: In what sense do you see yourself as an American writer? The results illuminate in an interesting way certain America values -- freedom, diversity, democracy -- that may not be well understood in all parts of the world.
    http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/writers/homepage.htm

Ethnic and Minority Groups

    Toward Inclusion: Meeting the Needs of Persons with Disabilities in the U.S.
    U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs. Electronic Journal, January 1999.
    http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itsv/0199/ijse/ijse0199.htm

    The Changing Roles of Women in the United States
    U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs. Electronic Journal, May 1997.
    http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itsv/0597/ijse/tocsv.htm

    Muslim Life in America
    U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs. This pamphlet is a collection of stories, profiles, graphics, and more than 80 photographs that show Muslims living as part of mainstream American life.
    http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/muslimlife/

    Understanding Rural America
    U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, February 1995.
    http://www.nal.usda.gov/ric/resources/backgrnd/understd.htm


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