Explores places noted for minimal violence, rising life-expectancy, high literacy, and pragmatic compromises on cultural rights, documenting the ways and means that have proven successful in defusing ethnic tensions and maintaining peace.
Content Note
Prologue: sane oases in a fanatic world -- Flensburg: land or peace? -- Kerala: Gods' own country -- Tatarstan: the Cave of the Clan Bears -- Marseille: black, blanc and beur -- Queens: embracing diversity -- Diversity and its discontents -- Epilogue: the future of us all.