ISBN:
9781538149454
,
9781538129838
Language:
English
Pages:
xxv, 408 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karte
Edition:
Second edition
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Andersen, Margaret L., 1948- Race in society
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Andersen, Margaret L., 1948 - Race in society
DDC:
305.800973
Keywords:
Racism
;
Minorities Social conditions
;
Race
;
Rassismus
;
Rasse
;
United States Race relations
;
USA
Abstract:
Race: A Thoroughly Social Idea -- What Do You Think? Prejudice, Racism, and Colorblindness -- Representing Race: Popular Culture and the Media -- Who Do You Think You Are? Racial Identities and Relationships -- Diverse Histories/Common Threads: Race and Ethnicity Build a Nation -- Explaining Racial Stratification: Framing the Discussion -- Economic Inequality: Work, Class, and Poverty -- Bringing It Home: Families and Communities -- Race and Place: Residential and Educational Segregation -- It Gets to You: Health Care and the Environment -- Justice and Injustice: Racism, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System -- The Long Search for Racial Justice.
Abstract:
""Race in Society" is a comprehensive book about the sociology of race in America. The purpose of this book is to introduce readers to current research scholarship on race, emphasizing the socially constructed basis of race and the persistence of racial inequality in American institutions"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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