ABSTRACT
Cultural diversity in the world a notion that was to become a kind of leitmotiv and a way of referring to America as a basically heterogeneous society was being emphasized. This chapter examines Everett C. Hughes' attitude toward this principle during his stay and offer an assessment of his reactions when observing defeated Germany. It investigates the visits Hughes paid to various acquaintances, in particular the Barlens, to whom he had been recommended by Mrs Park. Hughes identified "dirty work" situations in various activities performed in lower ranking institutions, sort of hybrid forms of work that as he observed have to remain hidden. Institutions often harbour, if not within themselves at least marginally, some bastardized equivalent: marriage alongside prostitution, the company doing legal business alongside the firm selling on the black market, the corporation hiring according to standard management principles and those keeping vacancies for future use, the work camp alongside the death camp.
