CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FOREWORD by U. D'Ambrosio -- INTRODUCTION by Arthur B. Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein -- SECTION I: ETHNOMATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE by Arthur B. Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein -- 1. Ethnomathematics and its Place in the History and Pedagogy of Mathematics by Ubiratan D'Ambrosio -- 2. Ethnomathematics by Marcia Ascher and Robert Ascher -- SECTION II: UNCOVERING DISTORTED AND HIDDEN HISTORY OF MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE by Arthur B. Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein -- 3. Foundations of Eurocentrism in Mathematics by George Gheverghese Joseph -- 4. Animadversions on the Origins of Western Science by Martin Bernal -- 5. Africa in the Mainstream of Mathematics History by Beatrice Lumpkin -- SECTION III: CONSIDERING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CULTURE AND MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE by Arthur B. Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein -- 6. The Myth of the Deprived Child: New Thoughts on Poor Children by Herbert P. Ginsburg -- 7. Mathematics and Social Interests by Brian Martin -- 8. Marx and Mathematics by Dirk J. Struik -- SECTION IV: RECONSIDERING WHAT COUNTS AS MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE by Arthur B. Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein -- 9. Difference, Cognition, and Mathematics Education by Valerie Walkerdine -- 10. An Example of Traditional Women's Work as a Mathematics Resource by Mary Harris -- 11. On Culture, Geometrical Thinking and Mathematics Education by Paulus Gerdes -- SECTION V: ETHNOMATHEMATICAL PRAXIS IN THE CURRICULUM by Arthur B. Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein -- 12. Ethnomathematics and Education by Marcelo C. Borba -- 13. Mathematics, Culture, and Authority by Munir Fasheh -- 14. Worldmath Curriculum: Fighting Eurocentrism in Mathematics by S. E. Anderson -- 15. World Cultures in the Mathematics Class by Claudia Zaslavsky -- SECTION VI: ETHNOMATHEMATICAL RESEARCH by Arthur B. Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein.

16. Survey of Current Work on Ethnomathematics by Paulus Gerdes -- 17. Applications in the Teaching of Mathematics and the Sciences by Rik Pinxten -- 18. An Ethnomathematical Approach in Mathematical Education: A Matter of Political Power by Gelsa Knijnik -- AFTERWORD by Gloria E Gilmer -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Z.