Adapted from the bestselling
Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class by Joseph F. Healey and Andi Stepnick, the
Seventh Edition of
Diversity and Society provides a brief overview of inter-group relations in the U.S. In 10 chapters, it explains concepts and theories about dominant-minority relations; examines historical and contemporary immigration to the U.S.; and narrates the experiences of the largest racial and ethnic minorities. The text explores the variety of experiences within groups, paying particular attention to the intersection of gender with race and ethnicity. While the focus is on minority groups in the U.S., it also includes comparative, cross-national coverage of group relations in other societies.
The authors show how minorities are inseparable from the larger American experience, and the text concludes with a chapter on the future of inter-group relations based on current trends and patterns.
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Innehållsförteckning
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART 1 • AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MINORITY GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES
Chapter 1 • Diversity in the United States: Questions and Concepts
Chapter 2 • Assimilation and Pluralism: From Immigrants to White Ethnics
PART 2 • EVOLUTION OF DOMINANT-MINORITY RELATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
Chapter 4 • Industrialization and Dominant–Minority Relations: From Slavery to Segregation and the Coming of Postindustrial Society
PART 3 • UNDERSTANDING DOMINANT–MINORITY RELATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY
Chapter 5 • African Americans: From Segregation to Modern Institutional Discrimination and Modern Racism
Chapter 6 • Native Americans: From Conquest to Tribal Survival in a Postindustrial Society
Chapter 7 • Hispanic Americans: Colonization, Immigration, and Ethnic Enclaves
Chapter 8 • Asian Americans: Model Minorities?
PART 4 • CHALLENGES FOR THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE
Chapter 9 • New Americans, Assimilation, and Old Challenges
Chapter 10 • Minority Groups and U.S. Society: Themes, Patterns, and the Future
References
Glossary
Index
About the Authors
Om författaren
Joseph F. Healey is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Christopher Newport University in Virginia. He received his Ph D in sociology and anthropology from the University of Virginia. An innovative and experienced teacher of numerous race and ethnicity courses, he has written articles on minority groups, the sociology of sport, social movements, and violence, and he is also the author of Statistics: A Tool for Social Research (10th ed., 2014).