Includes bibliographical references (pages B-1-B-22) and index.
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 immigration to white ethnics -- Prejudice and discrimination.
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 -- Native AMericans -- Hispanic Americans -- Asian Americans -- New Americans, immigration, assimilation, and old challenges.
Part IV: Other groups, other patterns -- Gender -- Lesbian, gay, and bisexual Americans -- Dominant-minority relations in cross-national perspective.
Part V: Challenges for the present and the future -- Minority groups and U.S. society: themes, patterns, and the future.
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Race, Ethnicty, Gender, and Class, Seventh Edition once again uses sociological theory to tell the story of race and other socially constructed inequalities in the United States with consistency qne clarity. Through a vivid writing style and engaging pedagogical features, the authors ensure that readers engage with core concepts in a meaningful way. Current Debates, based on writings of prominent scholars, journalists, and commentators, can be found online in the open-access SAGE edgestudent study site and will spark classroom discussion on important issues. First-person accounts, Narrative Portraits, are threaded throughout the text to bring life to a variety of topics.-- from back cover.