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Race, ethnicity, gender, and class : the sociology of group conflict and change / Joseph F. Healey.

By: Healey, Joseph F, 1945-Material type: TextTextPublication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif : Pine Forge Press/Sage, c2010. Edition: 5th ed., election updateDescription: xxxix, 588 p. : some col. ill. + maps ; 25cmISBN: 9781412977586 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Minorities -- United States | Ethnicity -- United States | Racism -- United States | Group identity -- United States | Social conflict -- United States | United States -- Race relations | United States -- Ethnic relations | United States -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 305.800973 LOC classification: E184.A1 | H415 2010
Contents:
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 ethics -- Prejudice and discrimination -- 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 : a "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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 ethics -- Prejudice and discrimination -- 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 : a "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.

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