Diversity and Society; Race, Ethnicity, and Gender, 2011/2012 Update

by Joseph F. Healey

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3rd

ISBN13:

9781412994330

ISBN10:

1412994330

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Paperback

Pub. Date:

3/2/2011

Publisher(s):

SAGE Publications, Inc

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Derived from the Fifth Edition of Joseph F. Healey#xE2;#xAC;"s bestselling text Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class, the Third Edition of Diversity & Society: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender, 2011 Update provides an accessible sociological analysis of U.S. minority groups. Updated throughout, this abbreviated edition retains the conceptual frameworks and organizational format of the larger version, and is the only brief text to present a unitary sociological frame of reference for the analysis of minority-dominant relations.

Preface
An Introduction to the Study of Minority Groups in the United States
Diversity in the United States: Questions and Concepts
Assimilation and Pluralism: From Immigrants to White Ethnics toWhite Americans
The Evolution of Dominant-Minority Relations in the United States
The Development of Dominant-Minority Group Relations in Preindustrial America: The Origins of Slavery
Industrialization and Dominant-Minority Relations: From Slavery to Segregation and the Coming of Postindustrial Society
Understanding Dominant-Minority Relations in the United States Today
African Americans: From Segregation to Modern Institutional Discrimination and Modern Racism
American Indians: From Conquest to Tribal Survival in a Postindustrial Society
Hispanic Americans: Colonization, Immigration, and Ethnic Enclaves
Asian Americans: "Model Minorities"?
Challenges for the Present and the Future
New Americans, Assimilation, and Old Challenges
Minority Groups and U.S. Society: Themes, Patterns, and the Future
Glossary
References
Index
About the Author
Appendix: Selections From CQ Researcher
Census Controversy: Should Undocumented Immigrants Be Counted?
Women in the Military: Should Combat Roles Be Fully Open to Women?
Future of Globalization: Is the Recession Triggering Deglobalization?
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