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Update edition. |
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xx, 467, 96 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
part I. 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 ethnics to white Americans -- part II. 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 -- part III. 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 : "model minorities"? -- part IV. Challenges for the present and the future -- New Americans, assimilation, and old challenges -- Minority groups and U.S. society : themes, patterns, and the future -- Glossary -- Appendix: Selections from CQ Researcher. Census controversy : should undocumented immigrants be counted? ; Women in the military : should combat roles be fully opened to women? ; Future of globalization : is the recession triggering deglobalization? |
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Minorities -- United States.
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Ethnicity -- United States.
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Racism -- United States.
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Group identity -- United States.
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Social conflict -- United States.
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United States -- Race relations.
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United States -- Ethnic relations.
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United States -- Social conditions.
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| ISBN |
9781412994330 paperback alkaline paper |
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1412994330 paperback alkaline paper |
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