ISBN:
9780309068383
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (560 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version America Becoming : Racial Trends and Their Consequences, Volume 1
DDC:
305.800973
Keywords:
Minorities ; United States ; Economic conditions ; Research ; Congresses
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Minorities ; United States ; Social conditions ; Research ; Congresses
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United States ; Ethnic relations ; Research ; Congresses
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United States ; Population ; Statistics ; Congresses
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United States ; Race relations ; Research ; Congresses
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Front Matter -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contents Volume II -- Terminology Used in This Report -- 1 Introduction -- 2 An Overview of Trends in Social and Economic Well-Being, by Race -- 3 An Overview of Racial and Ethnic Demographic Trends -- 4 Hispanics in a Multicultural Society: A New American Dilemma? -- 5 Trends Among American Indians in the United States1 -- 6 Political Trends and Electoral Issues of the Asian Pacific American Population -- 7 Contemporary Immigration and the Dynamics of Race and Ethnicity -- 8 The Changing Meaning of Race -- 9 Racial Attitudes and Relations at the Close of the Twentieth Century -- 10 Racial Trends and Scapegoating: Bringing in a Comparative Focus -- 11 Affirmative Action: Legislative History, Judicial Interpretations, Public Consensus -- 12 Test-Score Trends Along Racial Lines, 1971 to 1996: Popular Culture and Community Academic Standards -- 13 Residential Segregation and Neighborhood Conditions in U.S. Metropolitan Areas -- 14 Geography and Opportunity -- APPENDIX A Acronyms -- Index.
Description / Table of Contents:
""Cover""; ""Front Matter""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Contents Volume II""; ""Terminology Used in This Report""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 An Overview of Trends in Social and Economic Well-Being, by Race""; ""3 An Overview of Racial and Ethnic Demographic Trends""; ""4 Hispanics in a Multicultural Society: A New American Dilemma?""; ""5 Trends Among American Indians in the United States1""; ""6 Political Trends and Electoral Issues of the Asian Pacific American Population""; ""7 Contemporary Immigration and the Dynamics of Race and Ethnicity""
Description / Table of Contents:
""8 The Changing Meaning of Race""""9 Racial Attitudes and Relations at the Close of the Twentieth Century""; ""10 Racial Trends and Scapegoating: Bringing in a Comparative Focus""; ""11 Affirmative Action: Legislative History, Judicial Interpretations, Public Consensus""; ""12 Test-Score Trends Along Racial Lines, 1971 to 1996: Popular Culture and Community Academic Standards""; ""13 Residential Segregation and Neighborhood Conditions in U.S. Metropolitan Areas""; ""14 Geography and Opportunity""; ""APPENDIX A Acronyms""; ""Index""
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