Combines data obtained by a values projective technique over a period of more than 30 years. The purpose of the book is to deal with a process in which all Americans, old and new, and of all ethnic groups and minorities, are caught up - the American cultural dialogue.

George and Louise Spindler

The composition of American society; American mainstream culture; observing America; schooling in the American cultural dialogue; conflict and accommodation of mainstream and minority values; religious movements in America; the American hinterland; mainstream and minority cultures - a Chicano perspective; the Afro-American in the cultural dialogue of the United States.