For courses in Majority-Minority Relations, Racial and Ethnic Relations, Cultural Diversity, and Multiculturalism in departments of Sociology and Ethnic Studies. Drawing on a broad array of sources, Racial and Ethnic Relation, 8/e, examines the "what", "why", and "how" of racial and ethnic oppression and conflict. This text provides readers with access to important research and literature on racial and ethnic groups in the Unites States and, to a lesser extent, in certain other countries around the globe.
Part 1 The Racial and Ethnic Mosaic
Chapter 1 Basic Concepts in the Study of Racial and Ethnic Relations
Chapter 2 Adaptation and Conflict: Racial and Ethnic Relations in Theoretical Perspective
Part 2 A Nation of Immigrants: An Overview of the Economic and Political Conditions of Selected Racial and Edthnic Groups
Chapter 3 Engllish Americans and the Anglo-Protestant Culture
Chapter 4 Irish Americans and Italian Americans
Chapter 5 Jewish Americans
Chapter 6 Native Americans
Chapter 7 African Americans
Chapter 8 Mexican Americans
Chapter 9 Puerto Rican and Cuban Americans
Chapter 10 Japanese Americans
Chapter 11 Chinese, Filipino, Korean, Vietnamese, and Asian-Indian Americans
Chapter 12 Arab and Other Middle Eastern Americans
Chapter 13 Ongoing Racial and Ethnic dIssues in the United States: Some Final Considerations
Part 3 Global Realities
Chapter 14 Colonialism and Postcolonialism: The Global Expansion of Racism