Interdisciplinary Studies



Racial and Ethnic Groups, 11/E
Richard T. Schaefer, DePaul University

ISBN-10: 0132438755
ISBN-13: 9780132438759

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2008
Format: Cloth; 552 pp
Published: 02/26/2007

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For one semester/one quarter Sociology and General Education courses in Race and Ethnic Relations.

 

Richard Schaefer grew up in Chicago in the 1960's, at a time when neighborhoods were going through transitions in ethnic and racial composition.  He found himself fascinated by what was happening, how people were reacting, and how these changes were affecting neighborhoods and people's jobs.  These experiences led to a career in sociology, and he is now a leading scholar on racial and ethnic relations.

 

This book grew out of a desire to help students to understand the changing dynamics of the U.S. population. This text is an accessible, comprehensive, and up-to-date introduction to the issues confronting racial and ethnic groups in both the U.S. and other countries. Organized first by issues and then by major racial and ethnic groups, it examines each group’s history, explores its current situation, and its concerns for the future.

 

 

This is the text that provides an accessible, comprehensive, and up-to-date introduction to the issues confronting racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. and around the world.

 

Hallmark features of Race and Ethnicity:

  • Student-friendly introduction of core topics: The first five chapters of the text introduce students to the basic concepts- prejudice, discrimination, immigration, ethnicity and religion, in the study of race and ethnic relations.
  • Engaging chapter openers: Each chapter opens with a brief story that helps introduce the coming material.
  • Detailed coverage on major racial/ethnic groups: Two chapters covering each of the following groups- African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, and Asians.
  • Full chapter coverage of Muslim and Arab-Americans shows the importance of understanding the diversity among the Arab people and followers of Islam in today’s world.
  • Clear and current: Rick's writing style engages students and professors alike and, as always, Race and Ethnicity  provides the reader with the most up to date examples and data.
  • Listen to Our Voices feature provide first hand commentaries on race and ethnicity in America. This helps students to appreciate the expression and passion of racial and ethnic groups in response to prejudice and challenges. These have been updated and revised for the 11th edition.
  • Intergroup Relations Continuums conclude certain chapters with this visual continuum to help students understand a particular group’s experience within the dominant White culture of the US, from extermination or expulsion to instances of assimilation and pluralism, in a consistent framework.
  • Student Voice questions in every chapter encourage students to think critically about the material.

New to this edition of Race and Ethnicity:

  • NEW! Research Focus feature: Take a closer look at timely and interesting research about particular groups and their experiences within dominant White culture.
  • NEW! Expanded coverage of White Ethnic Groups: Chapter 5 has been revamped to include major sections on Irish, Polish and Italian Americans.
  • NEW! Enhanced coverage of recent events: Including an updated section dealing with immigration and English as an offical language.
  • NEW! Student Voice questions in every chapter encourage students to think critically about the material.
  • NEW! Consideration of 'hot topics' in gender: Topics such as the number of women vs. men in AP classes and college attendance are covered.
  • NEW! Thoroughly updated: Contains the latest research and studies.

Media for Race and Ethnicity:

Prentice Hall and ABC News™ are proud to present a series of Video Library DVD sets for Race and Ethnicity. Culled from award-winning ABC News™ programs such as Nightline, World News Tonight, and 20/20, these dynamic video segments address key topics in racial and ethnic relations. An Instructor’s Guide included in the package features summaries of each segment as well as critical thinking questions to help instructors integrate the programs into their courses. Perfect for instructors to show in class–or for students to watch as homework–the ABC News™/Prentice Hall Video Library will help students see sociology in their everyday lives!

 

How important is currency in your course?

  • NEW- A section on constitutional efforts to make English the official language.
  • NEW- A section on the persistence of inequality highlighting the use of social and cultural capital-- very hot terms in sociology but rarely seen in textbooks.
  • NEW! Student Voice questions in every chapter encourage students to think critically about the material.
  • NEW- Revamping of religion and social policy taking in the new debate on “Intelligent Design”
  • NEW- Consideration of “hot topics” in gender such as women vastly outnumbering men in AP classes and college attendance. 

 

CHAPTER BY CHAPTER CHANGES:

  • NEW: key terms such as acting white (Chapter 8), apartheid schools (Chapter 8), arranged marriage (Chapter 12), chain immigration (Chapter 4), cultural capital (Chapter 17), dry foot, wet foot (Chapter 9), intelligent design (Chapter 5), matrix of domination (Chapter 16), mulatto escape hatch (Chapter 17), quiceañera (Chapter 16), quilombo (Chapter 16), social capital (Chapter 17), and sundown towns (Chapter 7).

  • NEW: A new “Research Focus” on discrimination in employment that seems to show that White who are ex-convicts have a better chance getting a job interview than a Black man with no prison record (Chapter 3)

  • NEW: A new section on immigration as worldwide social phenomenon which includes a map highlighting major migration streams globally (Chapter 4) A new “Listen to Our Voices” box entitled “The Wall That Keeps Illegal Workers In” Douglas S. Massey (Chapter 4)A new section highlighting the special impact that immigration has on women and children (Chapter 4)

  • NEW: Coverage of White ethnic groups has been increased with separate sections profiling Irish Americans and Polish Americans as well as Italian Americans (Chapter 5)

  • NEW: To highlight that issues of non-English native speakers  reaches beyond the Hispanic community, the material on bilingual education has been moved from the chapter on Latinos earlier to the chapter on ethnic groups (Chapter 5)

  • NEW: A new “Listen to Our Voices” box entitled “I Was Born In Tirana, Albania” by Harallamb Terba (Chapter 5)

  • NEW: The discussion on creationism in schools is updated with a presentation on the debate on intelligent design (Chapter 5)

  • NEW: A new “Research Focus” on long history of Sundown Towns where non-Whites could work and spend their money but could not live (Chapter 7)

  • NEW: The Intergroup Relations Continuum has been added to two additional chapters (Chapters 7 and 11). 

  • NEW: A new section which confronts the assertion that some African American youth do poorly in school because they do not want to “act White” (Chapter 8).

  • NEW: Maps showing the countries of the world that are either regarded or Arab or Muslim to assist students in getting a better global view (Chapter 11)

  • NEW: A new “Listen to Our Voices” box entitled “Being Pakistani, Muslim, And Female In America “, Fatima Arain (Chapter 12).

  • NEW: A new “Listen to Our Voices” box entitled :”From Kawasaki To Chicago” by Miku Ishii (Chapter 13)

  • NEW: The discussion of the treatment of gays and lesbians is prefaced by a clarification for the reader about terms such as homosexual, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, and transvestites.

  • NEW: A new section on the “matrix of domination” documents the intersection of oppression based on race, gender, and class as well as disability status, religion, age, and sexual orientation (Chapter 15).

  • NEW :In our consideration of ethnic diversity, we have added a new section outlining race in Brazil  (Chapter 16)

  • NEW: A new “Listen to Our Voices” box entitled : Magic Wand” by Lynn Manning (Chapter 17).

  • NEW: A new coverage of Pierre Bourdieu’s culture capital and social capital has been added as a part of new section “The Persistence of Equality” (Chapter 17)

  • NEW: In addition, tables, figures, maps, political cartoons, Internet Connections and Internet sources in the Appendix have been updated.

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Chapter 1: Understanding Race and Ethnicity  

 

Chapter 2: Prejudice  

 

Chapter 3: Discrimination  

 

Chapter 4: Immigration and the United States  

 

Chapter 5: Ethnicity and Religion  

 

Chapter 6: The Native Americans  

 

Chapter 7:The Making of African Americans in a White America  

 

Chapter 8: African Americans Today  

 

Chapter 9: Hispanic Americans  

 

Chapter 10: Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans  

 

Chapter 11: Muslim and Arab Americans: Diverse Minorities  

 

Chapter 12: Asian Americans: Growth and Diversity  

 

Chapter 13: Chinese Americans and Japanese Americans  

 

Chapter 14: Jewish Americans: Quest to Maintain Identity  

 

Chapter 15: Women: The Oppressed Majority  

 

Chapter 16: Beyond the United States: The Comparative Perspective  

 

Chapter 17: Overcoming Exclusion  

    For undergraduate Sociology courses in Race and Ethnic Relations.

    This best-selling text provides students with the most accessible, comprehensive and current introduction to the issues confronting racial and ethnic groups in both the U.S. and other countries. Organized first by issues and then by major racial and ethnic groups, the text examines each group’s history, then explores its current situation and its concerns for the future.  

     

     

    Richard Schaefer, a leading scholar in the area of racial and ethnic relations, grew up in Chicago in the 1960's, at a time when neighborhoods were going through transitions in ethnic and racial composition.  He found himself increasingly intrigued by what was happening, how people were reacting, and how these changes were affecting neighborhoods and people's jobs.  This life-long interest led to a career in sociology, specifically in the areas of race, gender and social class.  This book grew out of his desire to help students to understand the changing dynamics of the U.S. population.

  • 013192897XRacial and Ethnic Groups, 10/E
    Schaefer
    © 2006 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 528 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 013192897X | ISBN-13: 9780131928978
    Brief Description

Approach

“This book is one of the best textbooks available in the field of race and ethnic relations.  Its socio-historical approach, comprehensive coverage, and accessible writing style make it noe of the top choices for adoption in a race and ethnic relations course.”

Phillip Yang

Texas Women’s University

 

“This text is a very good scholarly work expecially historical perspectives on American Racial minorities.”

Kebba Darboe

Minnesota State University

 

Content

“Race relations are an ever-changing phenomenon in our society.  As it stands today, diversity is a must.  This textbook challenges us to think in many different directions as it relates to race and ethnic groups in and outside of the United States.  The students are challenged to look outside of the traditional perpective by gaining and understanding of other viewpoints.  In addiction, students are challenged to embrace their cultures as well as other cultures.  This textbook will provide the students with a great understanding of race and ethnicity.  The topics are appropriate, logical, and realistic.  The authors have a good command of the literature and present it well.  The research is documented and sound. Upon reading this textbook students will be able to have a full understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity nationally and globally.”

CoSandra McNeal

Jackson State University

 

“I appreciate the fact that this text includes the experiences f women, Jewish Americans, the disabled, the aging, and sexual minorities in addition to other racial and ethnic groups.  This text does a great job of addressing the experience of these “other” minorities.”

JeffriAnne Wilder

University of Florida

 

“The author does a much better job of using up to date materials and data than mnay other authors do and I appreciate this.  The text does a good job of interpreting and calling attention to the information presented in charts, graphs, maps, etc.”

Mary L. Donaghy

Arkansas State University

 

“Author does a good job or using concrete examples and analogies to help explain concepts and theories.”

Mary L. Donaghy

Arkansas State University

 

Readability

“I really like the research focus and listen to our voices in every chapter.  It gives the chapters more life and students are able to gain a better picture of the topics that are presented.”

CoSandra McNeal

Jackson State University

 

“Schaefer does an excellent job in providing students with theoretical knowledge of race relations, understanding diverse cultural styles, and challenging students to respect and appreciate diversity.  The author brings these issues to life.”

CoSandra McNeal

Jackson State University

 

“I think that this text is not only interesting, but definitely designed with the student in mind.  It is not overy laden with sociological jargon, and has a nice balance of contemporary issues that draw the reader into each chapter.”

JeffriAnne Wilder

University of Florida

 

Writing Style

“The biggest advantage to the writing syle of this text is that it is accessible and written in ‘everyday’ sociological language that students can understand.”

JeffriAnne Wilder

University of Florida

 

“I asked my students about the book and almost all of them said it was interesting, easy to read and understand and full of features they liked and used.”

Mary L. Donaghy

Arkansas State University

 

Features

“The boxed features are EXCELLENT—informative and exciting! There are not ways they can be improved.”

JeffriAnne Wilder

University of Florida

 

“This book stands along.  Not only is it one of the most comprehensive texts on minority group relations, but it is timely, interesting, and accessible to both students and instructors.”

JeffriAnne Wilder

University of Florida

 

“The book has an excellent assortment of charts, tables, graphs, maps, etc.  My students have responded very favorably to these features.”

Mary L. Donaghy

Arkansas State University

 

“A number of students commented favorably on the ‘Listen to Our Voices’ feature and liked the personal touch it added to the topic.”

Mary L. Donaghy

Arkansas State University

 

 

Coverage

“Schaefer does an excellent job in covering all the necessary topics in this course.”

CoSandra McNeal

Jackson State University

 

Organization

“The author gives the reader a full understanding of race relations as they are practiced everyday.  By using this textbook, studens will learn to think outside of the usual box.”

CoSandra McNeal

Jackson State University

 

“The organization of this book is designed for students to embrace their own culture and appreciate other cultures that are different from their own.”

CoSandra McNeal

Jackson State University

 

Strengths

“The greatest strength of this book lies in its group chapters, i.e., Part III.  I especially like its socio-historical approach, so that we can see the transformation of a racial or ethnic group and its relations with other groups from the past to the present.”

Phillip Yang

Texas Women’s University

 

“Part IV is another strength as it has a chapter on women and a chapter on inequality along the lines of age, disability, and sexual orientation.”

Phillip Yang

Texas Women’s University

 

“From the teacher’s standpoint, I find the textbook easy to use.  It provides the students with a great deal information, both historical and current.  I can then assume that the students have the basic knowledge they need to understand what I am elaborating on or adding during the class period or what is needed to have a productive class discussion.”

Mary L. Donaghy

Arkansas State University

 

Richard T. Schaefer grew up in Chicago in the 1960's, at a time when neighborhoods were going through transitions in ethnic and racial composition.  He found himself fascinated by what was happening, how people were reacting, and how these changes were affecting neighborhoods and people's jobs.  His interest in social issues caused him to gravitate to more sociology courses at Northwestern University, where he eventually received a B.A. in sociology and later earning his M.A. and Ph.D in sociology from the University of Chicago.

 

Dr. Schaefer went on to become a professor of sociology. He has taught sociology and courses on multiculturalism for 30 years. He has been invited to give special presentations to students and faculty on racial and ethnic diversity in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas.

 

Dr. Schaefer is the wuthor of Race and Ethncity in the United States, 4/e (Prentice Hall, 2007). Dr. Schaefer is the General Editor of the fourthcoming three-volume Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Society (2008). He served as president of the Midwest Sociological Society from 1994-1995. In recognition of his achievments in undergraduate teaching, he was named Vincent de Paul Professor of Sociology in 2004.

 

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