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SAGE PUBLISHING Race Ethnicity Gender And Class 2014 Edition by Healey
Undergraduate students of social inequality, social stratification, the sociology of race and ethnicity and the sociology of gender. PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsPart I. An Introduction to the Study of Minority Groups in the United StatesChapter 1. Diversity in the United States: Questions and ConceptsSome American StoriesThe Increasing Variety of American Minority Groups: Trends and QuestionsQuestions About the Future, Sociology, and the Plan of This BookWhat Is a Minority Group?Patterns of InequalityVisible Distinguishing Traits: Race and GenderKey Concepts in Dominant-Minority RelationsA Global PerspectiveConclusionChapter 2. Assimilation and Pluralism: From Immigrants to White EthnicsAssimilationPluralismOther Group RelationshipsFrom Immigrants to White EthnicsPatterns of AssimilationVariations in AssimilationThe Descendants of the Immigrants TodayContemporary Immigrants: Does the Traditional Perspective Apply?Implications for Examining Dominant-Minority RelationsChapter 3. Prejudice and DiscriminationPrejudice and DiscriminationPrejudiceSociological Causes of PrejudiceThe Persistence of PrejudiceRecent Trends: Traditional Prejudice and Modern RacismHate CrimesThe Sociology of PrejudicePart II. The Evolution of Dominant-Minority Relations in the United StatesChapter 4. The Development of Dominant-Minority Group Relations in Preindustrial America: The Origins of SlaveryThe Origins of Slavery in AmericaThe Creation of Minority Status for American Indians and Mexican AmericansComparing Minority GroupsChapter 5. Industrialization and Dominant-Minority Relations: From Slavery to Segregation and the Coming of Postindustrial SocietyIndustrialization and the Shift From Paternalistic to Rigid Competitive Group RelationsThe Impact of Industrialization on the Racial Stratification of African Americans: From Slavery to SegregationThe Origins of Black ProtestThe Dimensions of Minority-Group StatusIndustrialization, the Shift to Postindustrial Society, and Dominant-Minority Group Relations: General TrendsPostindustrial Society and the Shift From Rigid to Fluid Competitive RelationshipsModern Institutional DiscriminationSocial Change and Minority-Group ActivismPart III. Understanding Dominant-Minority Relations in the United States TodayChapter 6. African AmericansThe End of De Jure SegregationDevelopments Outside the SouthProtest, Power, and PluralismBlack-White Relations Since the 1960s: Issues and TrendsPrejudice and DiscriminationAssimilation and PluralismIs the Glass Half Empty or Half Full?Chapter 7. Native AmericansSize of the GroupAmerican Indian CulturesRelations With the Federal Government After the 1890sProtest and ResistanceContemporary American Indian-White RelationsPrejudice and DiscriminationAssimilation and PluralismComparing Minority GroupsProgress and ChallengesChapter 8. Hispanic AmericansMexican AmericansPuerto RicansCuban AmericansPrejudice and DiscriminationAssimilation and PluralismAssimilation and Hispanic AmericansHispanic Americans and the Evolution of the American Racial OrderChapter 9. Asian AmericansOrigins and CulturesContact Situations and the Development of the Chinese American and Japanese American CommunitiesComparing Minority GroupsContemporary Immigration From AsiaPrejudice and DiscriminationAssimilation and PluralismComparing Minority Groups: Explaining Asian American SuccessChapter 10. New Americans, Immigration, Assimilation, and Old ChallengesCurrent ImmigrationNew Hispanic Groups: Immigrants From the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and ColombiaNon-Hispanic Immigrants From the CaribbeanContemporary Immigration From AsiaMiddle Eastern and Arab AmericansImmigrants From AfricaModes of IncorporationImmigration: Issues and ControversiesIs Contemporary Assimilation Segmented?Recent Immigration in Historical and Global ContextNew Immigrants and Old IssuesPart IV. Other Groups, Other PatternsChapter 11. GenderHistory and Background of Gender RelationsMovements for Gender EqualityRecent Trends and IssuesSexism and DiscriminationAssimilation and PluralismConclusions and Implications for Dominant-Minority RelationsChapter 12. Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual AmericansSexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, and Sexual BehaviorHistory and Background of Same-Sex RelationshipsGay Liberation MovementsRecent Trends and IssuesHomophobia and HeterosexismAssimilation and PluralismConclusions and Implications for Dominant-Minority RelationsChapter 13. Dominant-Minority Relations in Cross-National PerspectiveA Brief Review of Major Analytical ThemesA Snapshot of Global DiversityA Global TourAnalyzing Group RelationsPart V. Challenges for the Present and the FutureChapter 14. Minority Groups and U.S. Society: Themes, Patterns, and the FutureRevisiting Some AmericansThe Importance of Subsistence TechnologyThe Importance of the Contact Situation, Group Competition, and PowerThe Importance of IntersectionalityAssimilation and PluralismMinority-Group Progress and the Ideology of American IndividualismA Final WordGlossaryReferencesIndex