Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class : The Sociology of Group Conflict and Change

by Healey, Joseph

• ISBN13: 9780761987635
• ISBN10: 0761987630
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-01
• Publisher: Pine Forge Press

Summary

Written in a clear, consistent style, the Third Edition of the best-selling text Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class by Joseph Healey eloquently describes and, at times, simply serves as a conduit for, a broad spectrum of experiences related to race, ethnicity, gender, and class. Featuring in-depth analyses of diversity within groups, as well as the multiple interactions between them, Joseph Healey addresses the experiences of women, and many other minority groups, throughout the text. "Narrative Portraits" are integrated into each chapter and provide students with first person accounts and observations from a wide variety of people. At the end of each chapter, "Current Debates" present important issues through the ideas and writings of prominent scholars. In addition, Photo Essays are included at the end of many chapters, visually reinforcing key concepts in a dramatic and memorable fashion.Recommended for courses on race and ethnic relations; minorities; race, ethnicity, and gender; and race, class, and gender.

Author Biography

Joseph F. Healey is Professor of Sociology at Christopher Newport University in Virginia

Table of Contents

Preface	xxvii
PART I An Introduction to the Study of Minority Groups in the United States	1	(80)
Diversity in the United States: Questions and Concepts	3	(36)
Assimilation and Pluralism	39	(42)
PART II Understanding Prejudice and Discrimination	81	(86)
Prejudice and Discrimination in the Individual	83	(40)
Societal Trends in Prejudice and Discrimination	123	(44)
PART III The Evolution of Dominant-Minority Relations in the United States	167	(84)
The Development of Dominant-Minority Group Relations in Preindustrial America: The Origins of Slavery	171	(38)
Industrialization and Dominant- Minority Relations: From Slavery to Segregation and the Coming of Postindustrial Society	209	(42)
PART IV Understanding Dominant-Minority Relations in the United States Today	251	(262)
African Americans: From Segregation to Modern Institutional Discrimination and Modern Racism	255	(50)
Native Americans: From Conquest to Tribal Survival in a Postindustrial Society	305	(48)
Hispanic Americans: Colonization, Immigration, and Ethnic Enclaves	353	(56)
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: A ``Model Minority''?	409	(58)
White Ethnic Groups: Assimilation and Identity---The Twilight of Ethnicity?	467	(46)
PART V A Global View, a Summary, Some Conclusions and a Look to the Future	513	(48)
Dominant-Minority Relations in Cross-National Perspective	515	(30)
Minority Groups and U.S. Society: Themes, Patterns, and the Future	545	(16)
Appendix: Internet Resources	561	(6)
References	567	(22)
Glossary / Index	589