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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif : Pine Forge Press/Sage, c2010.Edition: 5th ed., election updateDescription: xxxix, 588 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781412977586 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.800973 22
LOC classification:
  • E184  HEA 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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Books in General collection Books in General collection Mzuni ODeL- Karonga Satellite Centre Library E 184 HEA 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 024849 Available mZulm-024849
Books in General collection Books in General collection Mzuni ODeL- Lilongwe Satellite Centre Library E 184 HEA 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 025911 Available MzULM-025911
Books in General collection Books in General collection Mzuni ODeL-Mulanje Satellite Centre Library E 184 HEA 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 027702 Available MzULM-027702

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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