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Healey, Joseph F., 1945-

Diversity and society : race, ethnicity, and gender / Joseph F. Healey. - 2nd ed. - Thousand Oaks : Pine Forge Press, c2007. - xvii, 362 p. : illus. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-344) and index.

Diversity in the United States : questions and concepts --
Assimilation and pluralism --
The development of dominant-minority group relations in preindustrial America : the origins of slavery --
Industrialization and dominant-minority relations : from slavery to segregation and the coming of postindustrial society --
African Americans : from segregation to modern institutional discrimination and modern racism --
Native Americans : from conquest to tribal survival in a postindustrial society --
Hispanic Americans : colonization, immigration, and ethnic enclaves --
Asian Americans : are Chinese Americans and Japanese Americans "model minorities"? --
New Americans : immigration and assimilation --
White ethnic groups : assimilation and identity--the twilight of ethnicity? --
Dominant-minority relations in cross-national perspective --
Minority groups and U.S. society : themes, patterns, and the future. TOC

Suitable for courses on race and ethnic relations. This book features "Focus" boxes in chapters which offer coverage of gender and comparative issues.



ISBN: 1412940672 (pbk.) 9781412940672 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2006025246

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Minorities--United States.
Ethnicity--United States.
Racism--United States.
Group identity--United States.

LC Class. No.: E184.A1 / H415 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 305.800973 / HED 2007