Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Ethnic pluralism : conflict and accommodation / George A. De Vos -- Matrices of an Italian identity : past as prologue / Lola Romanucci-Ross -- Vilnius, Lithuania : an ethnic agglomerate / Czeslaw Milosz -- Ethnic nationality in the former Yugoslavia : ethnogenesis, ethnic cleansing, and present day identities among Croats, Serbs, and Bosniacs / Mary Kay Gilliland -- Cultural identity and minority status in Japan / George A. De Vos and Hiroshi Wagatsuma -- Ethnic identity and schooling : experiences of Haitian immigrant youth in the United States / Fabienne Doucet and Carola Suarez-Orozco -- Ethnic identity of Moroccans in Belgium and the Netherlands / Philip Hermans -- When minorities migrate : the racialization of Japanese Brazilians in Brazil and Japan / Takeyuki (Gaku) Tsuda -- Peasants, ethnicity, and the politics of location in Thailand / Yos Santasombat -- "Beautiful beasts" and brave warriors : the longevity of a Maasai stereotype / Lotte Hughes -- Becoming Rom : ethnic development among Roma communities in Bulgaria and Macedonia / Andrea Boscoboinik -- Subtle "primitives" : ethnic formation among the central Yaka of Zaire / Eugeen Roosens -- The end of whiteness : the transformation of white identity in South Africa / Louis Freedberg -- Mixed feelings : spoiled identities in the new South Africa / Nancy Scheper-Hughes -- Conclusion : Ethnic identity : a psychocultural perspective / George A. De Vos and Lola Romanucci-Ross.