Diversity and society : race, ethnicity, and gender /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Thousand Oaks, California :
SAGE Publications,
[2017]
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| Edition: | Fifth edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1. 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
- Part 2. 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
- Part 3. Understanding dominant-minority group 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 American: model minorities?
- Part 4. Challenges for the present and the future. NEw Americans, assimilation, and old challenges ; Minority groups and U.S. society: themes, patterns, and the future.