Strangers to These Shores: Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States

by Parrillo, Vincent N.

• ISBN13: 9780205585571
• ISBN10: 0205585574
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

This top-selling, comprehensive text on racial and ethnic relations in the U.S. covers theoretical issues and the experiences of more than 50 racial, ethnic, and religious groups.Strangers to these Shoresprovides broad, yet specific coverage of Europeans, Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, Arabs, religious minorities, and women as a minority group. This text systematically applies the three main sociological perspectives as a consistent framework for analysis. Also, it introduces "the stranger" concept in an analysis of the stranger as a social phenomena, and the text continues to carry this unifying theme throughout the study of all minority groups. This text provides first-hand immigrant accounts and comparative examples from other countries through "Ethnic Experience" and "International Scene" boxes. The final chapter, "The Ever-Changing U.S. Mosaic," brings synthesis to the many groups represented in the text.

Table of Contents

Sociological Framework

The Study of Minorities

The Stranger as a Social Phenomenon Minority Groups Racial and Ethnic Groups Ethnocentrism Objectivity

The Dillingham Flaw Personal Troubles and Public Issues

The Dynamics of Intergroup Relations

Sociological Perspectives

Culture and Social Structure

The Concept of Culture Cultural Change Structural Conditions

Stratification Social Class Intergroup Conflict Ethnic Stratification

Is There a White Culture?

Prejudice and Discrimination Prejudice Discrimination

Intergroup Relations Minority-Group Responses

Consequences of Minority-Group Status

Dominant-Group Responses

Exploitation Minority-Minority Relations Theories of Minority Integration

European Americans

Northern and Western Europeans Sociohistorical Perspective

The English The Dutch

The French The Germans

The Irish The Scandinavians and Finns

The Scots The Welsh Social Realities for Women Northern and Western European

Assimilation Sociological Analysis

Southern, Central, and Eastern Europeans Sociohistorical Perspective

The Slavic Peoples The Poles

The Russians The Ukrainians The Hungarians

The Gypsies The Italians The Greeks

The Portuguese

The Armenians Immigrant Women and Work Southern, Central and Eastern European Assimilation Sociological Analysis

Visible Minorities 7

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