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Healey, Joseph F., 1945-

Race, ethnicity, gender, and class : the sociology of group conflict and change / Joseph F. Healey. - 5th ed., election update. - Thousand Oaks, Calif : Pine Forge Press/Sage, c2010. - xxxix, 588 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.

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.

ISBN: 9781412977586 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2009015153

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Minorities--United States.
Ethnicity--United States.
Racism--United States.
Group identity--United States.
Social conflict--United States.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Race relations.
United States--Ethnic relations.
United States--Social conditions.

LC Class. No.: E184 / HEA 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 305.800973