Healey, Joseph F.,  1945- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781412977586 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009015153 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Minorities--United States.<br/>Ethnicity--United States.<br/>Racism--United States.<br/>Group identity--United States.<br/>Social conflict--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Race relations.<br/>United States--Ethnic relations.<br/>United States--Social conditions.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E184   / HEA 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.800973