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Racial and Ethnic Relations in America, 7/E
S. Dale McLemore, University of Texas at Austin
Harriett D. Romo, University of Texas at San Antonio

ISBN-10: 0205381979
ISBN-13: 9780205381975

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2005
Format: Cloth; 560 pp
Published: 05/24/2004

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This text uses a multidisciplinary approach, drawing on sociology, history, psychology, and other social sciences to focus on the factors that contribute to the merger or separation of different racial and ethnic groups in the U.S.

The authors present historical information and contemporary examples of the largest ethnic and minority groups in the United States. They analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the assimilation model in explaining how various racial and ethnic groups have been incorporated (or not) into U.S. society. Focusing on interracial and interethnic relations in the U.S., the authors give a sociological analysis of intergroup processes and the history of the interactions of racial and ethnic groups. Organized thematically rather than chronologically, the text illuminates the main racial and ethnic dilemmas faced in America.

  • More than twenty different groups are discussed, including in-depth discussions of Mexican Americans, African Americans, Native Americans, Japanese Americans, and Puerto Ricans.
  • Includes coverage of other ethnic groups including the English, Irish, Germans, Italians, Russian and German Jews, Chinese, Vietnamese, Asian Indians, Koreans, Filipinos, Arabs, Swedes, South Africans, Canadians, Brazilians, and Kosovars throughout as they relate to the topic at hand.
  • Retains the popular “Flashpoint” feature that highlights such divisive current issues as the debate over group differences in the inheritance of intelligence, the bilingual education debate, the debate over contemporary immigration, and the affirmative action debate.
  • Includes a comprehensive review of immigration to America and immigration legislation.
  • Helps students to understand the causes of prejudice and discrimination and to evaluate various proposals and programs for reducing them.

  • As a response to the growing Asian population in the United States over the past four decades, the 7/e expands its extensive coverage to include a new additional chapter on Asian Americans (Ch. 12) that discusses Chinese, Asian, Indian, Korean, and Filipino Americans
  • Increased focus on global conflict and refugees to include both Vietnamese and Arab Americans.
  • The chapters covering African Americans, the largest minority group in the U.S., are now earlier in the book (Chs. 6-7).
  • The former chapter on prejudice and discrimination has been reduced and placed in an appendix, which will make it easier for teachers to assign the text material in a typical semester.
  • Combines former Chapters 11 and 12 on Native Americans into a single, more concise chapter.
  • New “Discussion Questions” at the end of each chapter are intended to stimulate open discussion and debate and engage students with the issues at hand regarding racial and ethnic relations.
  • Further emphasizes divisions between whites and non-whites, whites as an ethnic group, Puerto Ricans as an example of a colonized group, and racial and ethnic relations in other countries.
  • Updates the material on assimilation theory with current studies, such as the social construction of ethnic identity and the emergence of whiteness as an ethnic group. In addition, perspectives from other theories, such as contact theory, dual labor markets, segmented assimilation, and pan-ethnic identity are discussed.
  • Incorporates the latest information on immigration, including the costs and benefits of immigration.

All chapters conclude with “Discussion Questions,” “Key Ideas,” “Key Terms,” and “Notes.”

1. Natives and Newcomers.

An Overview of Assimilation in America.

Development of Assimilation Theory.

Race and Ethnicity



2. Together or Apart? Some Competing Views.

Subprocesses of Assimilation.

Gordon's Theory of Assimilation Subprocesses.

Three Ideologies of Assimilation.

An Antiassimilationist View: Blauners Theory of Internal Colonialism

Two Antiassimilationist Ideologies: Separatism and Secessionism.

Using the Models of Assimilation as Descriptions.



3. The Rise of Anglo American Society.

The English Legacy.

Indian-English Relations.

Servants and Slaves.

The Colonial Irish.

The Colonial Germans.

The Revolutionary Period.



4. The Golden Door.

The First Great Immigrant Stream.

Changing Patterns of Immigration.

The Second Great Immigrant Stream.

The Third Great Immigrant Stream.



5. Nativism and Racism.

Nativism.

Scientific Racism.

Immigration Restriction.

Contemporary Racism.



6. African Americans: From Slavery to Segregation.

The Period of Slavery.

Immigrant or Colonized Minority?

Emancipation and Reconstruction.

The Restoration of White Supremacy.

Migration and Urbanization.

The Civil Rights Movement.



7. African Americans: Protest and Social Change.

The Rise of Direct Action.

Renewed Visibility of Black-White Conflict.

African American Assimilation.

African American “Success.”



8. Mexican Americans: From Colonized Minority to Political Activists.

The Colonial Experience.

The Immigrant Model.

Mexican Immigration and Native Reaction.



9. Puerto Ricans and Mexican Americans: Identity and Incorporation.

Identification and Diversity.

The Colonization of Puerto Rico.

Cultural Assimilation: English and Spanish.

Mexican American and Puerto Rican “Success.”



10. Native Americans: The First Americans.

The English Penetration of the Continent.

Indian Removal.

Plains Wars and Reservations.

From Separatism to Anglo Conformity.

Cycling between Anglo Conformity and Cultural Pluralism.

Pan-Indian Responses and Initiatives.

Immigrant or Colonized Minority?

Native American Assimilation

American Indian “Success.”



11. The Japanese Experience

Japanese Immigration and Native Reactions.

The Japanese Family and Community in America.

War, Evacuation, and Relocation.

Japanese American Assimilation.

Japanese American “Success.”

The Model Minority Stereotype



12. Chinese, Asian Indian, Korean, Vietnamese, Filipino, and Middle Eastern Arab Americans

Chinese Americans

Korean Americans

Filipino Americans

Asian Indian Americans



13. Vietnamese Americans, Arab Americans, and Resurgent Racism

Refugees: An International Issue

Vietnamese Americans..

Arab Americans

Resurgent Racism



14. The Future of Ethnicity.

Further Reflections on Assimilation and Ethnicity.

Consequences of Colonization and Immigration: An Alternative View.

Some Implications of the Alternative View.

Some Tentative Conclusions about Racial and Ethnic Relations in the United States.

The Future of Ethnicity in the United States.

Across National Boundaries.



Appendices.

Selected Federal Immigration Laws.

Reducing Prejudice and Discrimination.



References.


Name Index.


Subject Index.

Racial and Ethnic Relations in America uses a multidisciplinary approach, drawing on sociology, history, psychology, and other social sciences to focus on the factors that contribute to the merger or separation of different racial and ethnic groups in the U.S.

The authors present historical information and contemporary examples of the largest ethnic and minority groups in the United States. They analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the assimilation model in explaining how various racial and ethnic groups have been incorporated (or not) into U.S. society. Focusing on interracial and interethnic relations in the U.S., the authors give a sociological analysis of inter-group processes and the history of the interactions of racial and ethnic groups. Organized thematically rather than chronologically, the text illuminates the main racial and ethnic dilemmas faced in America.

New to the Seventh Edition:

  • As a response to the growing Asian population in the United States over the past four decades, the authors expand their extensive coverage to include an additional chapter on Asian Americans (Ch. 12) that discusses Chinese, Asian, Indian, Korean, and Filipino Americans.
  • Increases focus on global conflict and refugees to include both Vietnamese and Arab Americans.
  • New “Discussion Questions” at the end of each chapter are intended to stimulate open discussion and debate and engage readers with the issues at hand regarding racial and ethnic relations.
  • Further emphasizes divisions between whites and non-whites, whites as an ethnic group, Puerto Ricans as an example of a colonized group, and racial and ethnic relations in other countries.
  • Updates the material on assimilation theory with current studies, such as the social construction of ethnic identity and the emergence of whiteness as an ethnic group. In addition, perspectives from other theories, such as contact theory, dual labor markets, segmented assimilation, and pan-ethnic identity are discussed.

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  • Instructor's Manual and Test Bank, 7/E
    Romo
    © 2005 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 320 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205443648 | ISBN-13: 9780205443642

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    Romo
    © 2005 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper;320 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205443648 | ISBN-13: 9780205443642

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