
Sources
Notable Selections in Race and Ethnicity
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
3rd Edition
Published on 1. July 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
978-0-07-243089-9 (ISBN)
Description
This volume brings together selections of enduring intellectual value - classic articles, book excerpts, and research studies - that have shaped the study of race and ethnicity and our contemporary understanding of it. The selections are organized topically around major areas of study within race and ethnicity: basic concepts and issues; theoretical orientations to the study of race and ethnicity in the U.S.; race and ethnicity in American institutions; race and ethnicity in popular culture; and the future of race and ethnic relations in the U.S. Dushkin Online (www.dushkin.com/online/) provides additional support for Sources titles.
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Series
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-243089-9 (9780072430899)
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Persons
Adalberto Aguirre, Jr., is professor of sociology at the University of California at Riverside. He is the author many articles in professional journals. He is also written over five books, including Race, Racism, and the Death Penalty in the United States, Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in American Criminal Justice, and Chicanos in Higher Education: Dilemmas for the 21st Century.
Content
Part 1. Basic Concepts CHAPTER 1. Race and Ethnicity 1.1. Michael Omi and Howard Winant, from Racial Formations in the United States From the 1960s to the 1980s 1.2. Beth B. Hess, Elizabeth W. Markson, and Peter J. Stein, from "Racial and Ethnic Minorities: An Overview", in Beth B. Hess, Elizabeth W. Markson, and Peter J. Stein, Sociology CHAPTER 2. Prejudice and Discrimination 2.1. William Julius Wilson, from "The Declining Significance of Race", Society 2.2. Joe R. Feagin, from "The Continuing Significance of Race: Antiblack Discrimination in Public Places", American Sociological Review CHAPTER 3. Racism 3.1. Louis L. Knowles and Kenneth Prewitt, from "Institutional and Ideological Roots of Racism", in Louis L. Knowles and Kenneth Prewitt, eds., Institutional Racism in America 3.2. Edna Bonacich, from "Inequality in America: The Failure of the American System for People of Color", Sociological Spectrum Part 2. Theoretical Orientations to the Study of Race and Ethnicity in the United States <new>CHAPTER 4. Assimilationism 4.1. Milton M. Gordon, from "Assimilation in America: Theory and Reality", Daedalus 4.2. Ruth W. Grant and Marion Orr, from "Language, Race and Politics: From 'Black' to 'African-American,'" Politics and Society <new>CHAPTER 5. Power and Conflict 5.1. Leobardo F. Estrada et al., from "Chicanos in the United States: A History of Exploitation and Resistance", Daedalus 5.2. Leslie Inniss and Joe R. Feagin, from "The Black 'Underclass' Ideology in Race Relations Analysis", Social Justice Part 3. Race and Ethnicity in American Institutions CHAPTER 6. The Educational Institution 6.1. Noel Jacob Kent, from "The New Campus Racism: What's Going On?" Thought and Action <new>6.2. Adalberto Aguirre, Jr., from "Academic Storytelling: A Critical Race Theory Story of Affirmative Action", Sociological Perspectives CHAPTER 7. The Political Institution <new>7.1. Margalynne Armstrong, from "Protecting Privilege: Race, Residence and Rodney King", Law and Inequality CHAPTER 8. The Economic Institution <new>8.1. George Wilson and Ian Sakura-Lemessy, from "Earnings Over the Early Work Career Among Males in the Middle Class: Has Race Declined in Its Significance?" Sociological Perspectives CHAPTER 9. The Legal Institution <new>9.1. Michael Huspek, Roberto Martinez, and Leticia Jimenez, from "Violations of Human and Civil Rights on the U.S.-Mexico Border, 1995 to 1997: A Report", Social Justice <new>CHAPTER 10. The Family Institution <new>10.1. Terry A. Cross, Kathleen A. Earle, and David Simmons, from "Child Abuse and Neglect in Indian Country: Policy Issues", Families in Society <new>10.2. Yanick St. Jean and Joe R. Feagin, from "The Family Costs of White Racism: The Case of African American Families", Journal of Comparative Family Studies <new>CHAPTER 11. The Institution of Health and Medicine <new>11.1. Pamela D. Bridgewater, from "Reproductive Freedom as Civil Freedom: The Thirteenth Amendment's Role in the Struggle for Reproductive Rights", The Journal of Gender, Race and Justice Part 4. Race and Ethnicity in Popular Culture and Community <new>CHAPTER 12. The Media <new>12.1. Donald Tricarico, from "Read All About It! Representations of Italian Americans in the Print Media in Response to the Bensonhurst Racial Killing", An Original Essay Written for This Volume CHAPTER 13. The Race and Ethnic Community <new>13.1. Victor M. Hwang, from "The Interrelationship Between Anti-Asian Violence and Asian America", Chicano-Latino Law Review 13.2. Derrick Bell, from "Racism Will Always Be With Us", New Perspectives Quarterly Part 5. Responding to Race and Ethnic Oppression <new>CHAPTER 14. Responses to Racism <new>14.1. Paul Butler, from "Racially Based Jury Nullification: Black Power in the Criminal Justice System", Yale Law Journal 14.2. Richard Delgado, from "Words That Wound: A Tort Action for Racial Insults, Epithets, and Name-Calling", Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review