Peter I. Rose, a sociologist and writer, is Sophia Smith Professor Emeritus and Senior Fellow of the Kahn Liberal Arts Institute at Smith College. His many books include The Subject is Race, Seeing Ourselves, Strangers in Their Midst, Nation of Nations, Americans from Africa, Working with Refugees, Tempest-Tost, Guest Appearances and Other Travels in Tome and Space and The Dispossessed: An Anatomy of Exile.