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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| An Introduction to the Study of Minority Groups in The United States | |
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| Diversity in the United States: Questions and Concepts | |
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| The Increasing Variety of American Minority Groups: Trends and Questions | |
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| Increasing Diversity | |
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| What's in a Name? | |
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| Questions about the Future, Sociology, and the Plan of this Book | |
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| What Is a Minority Group? | |
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| Patterns of Inequality | |
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| Theoretical Perspectives | |
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| Minority Group Status and Stratification | |
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| Visible Distinguishing Traits | |
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| Race | |
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| Gender | |
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| Key Concepts in Dominant-Minority Relations | |
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| Prejudice | |
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| Discrimination | |
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| Ideological Racism | |
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| Institutional Discrimination | |
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| A Global Perspective | |
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| Focus on Contemporary Issues: Immigration and Globalization | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Main Points | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| Questions for Review and Study | |
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| Internet Research Project | |
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| Assimilation and Pluralism: From Immigrants to White Ethnics | |
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| Assimilation | |
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| Types of Assimilation | |
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| The "Traditional" Perspective on Assimilation: Theories and Concepts | |
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| Pluralism | |
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| Types of Pluralism | |
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| Focus on Contemporary Issues: Language and Assimilation | |
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| Other Group Relationships | |
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| From Immigrants to White Ethnics | |
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| Industrialization and Immigration | |
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| European Origins and Conditions of Entry | |
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| Chains of Immigration | |
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| The Campaign against Immigration: Prejudice, Racism, and Discrimination | |
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| Patterns of Assimilation | |
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| Continuing Industrialization and Structural Mobility | |
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| Variations in Assimilation | |
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| Degree of Similarity | |
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| Religion | |
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| Social Class | |
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| Gender | |
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| Sojourners | |
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| The Descendents of the Immigrants Today | |
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| Geographic Distribution | |
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| Integration and Equality | |
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| The Evolution of White Ethnicity | |
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| The Twilight of White Ethnicity | |
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| Contemporary Immigrants: Does the Traditional Perspective Apply? | |
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| Implications for Examining Dominant-Minority Relations | |
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| Comparative Focus: Immigration, Emigration, and Ireland | |
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| Main Points | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| Questions for Review and Study | |
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| The Evolution of Dominant-Minority Relations in the United States | |
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| A Note on the Morality and the History of Minority Relations in America: Guilt, Blame, Understanding, and Communication | |
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| The Development of Dominant-Minority Group Relations in Preindustrial America: The Origins of Slavery | |
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| The Origins of Slavery in America | |
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| The Labor Supply Problem | |
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| The Contact Situation | |
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| The Creation of Slavery in the United States | |
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| Paternalistic Relations | |
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| The Dimensions of Minority Group Status | |
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| Focus on Contemporary Issues: Slavery and Indentured Servitude Today | |
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| The Creation of Minority Status for American Indians and Mexican Americans | |
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| American Indians | |
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| Comparative Focus: Hawaii | |
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| Mexican Americans | |
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| Comparing Minority Groups | |
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| Comparative Focus: Mexico, Canada, and the United States | |
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| Main Points | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| Questions for Review and Study | |
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| Industrialization and Dominant-Minority Relations: From Slavery to Segregation and the Coming of Postindustrial Society | |
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| Industrialization and the Shift from Paternalistic to Rigid Competitive Group Relations | |
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| The Impact of Industrialization on the Racial Stratification of African Americans: From Slavery to Segregation | |
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| Reconstruction | |
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| De Jure Segregation | |
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| The Great Migration | |
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| Life in the North | |
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| Competition with White Ethnic Groups | |
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| The Origins of Black Protest | |
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| Applying Concepts | |
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| Acculturation and Integration | |
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| Gender and Race | |
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| Comparative Focus: South African Apartheid | |
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| Industrialization, the Shift to Postindustrial Society, and Dominant-Minority Group Relations: General Trends | |
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| Urbanization | |
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| Occupational Specialization | |
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| Bureaucracy and Rationality | |
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| Growth of White-Collar Jobs and the Service Sector | |
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| The Growing Importance of Education | |
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| A Dual Labor Market | |
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| Globalization | |
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| Postindustrial Society and the Shift from Rigid to Fluid Competitive Relationships | |
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| Gender Inequality in a Globalizing, Postindustrial World | |
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| Trends in the United States | |
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| Global Trends | |
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| Modern Institutional Discrimination | |
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| The Continuing Power of the Past | |
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| Affirmative Action | |
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| Social Change and Minority Group Activism | |
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| Focus on Contemporary Issues: Hate Crimes | |
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| Main Points | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| Questions for Review and Study | |
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| Internet Research Project | |
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| Understanding Dominant-Minority Relations in the United States Today | |
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| African Americans: From Segregation to Modern Institutional Discrimination and Modern Racism | |
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| The End of de Jure Segregation | |
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| Wartime Developments | |
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| The Civil Rights Movement | |
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| Developments Outside the South | |
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| De Facto Segregation | |
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| Urban Unrest | |
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| The Black Power Movement | |
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| Protest, Power, and Pluralism | |
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| The Black Power Movement in Perspective | |
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| Gender and Black Protest | |
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| Comparative Focus: Race in Another America | |
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| Black-White Relations Since the 1960s: Issues and Trends | |
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| Continuing Separation | |
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| The Criminal Justice System and African Americans | |
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| Increasing Class Inequality | |
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| Modern Institutional Discrimination | |
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| The Family Institution and the Culture of Poverty | |
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| Mixed Race and New Racial Identities | |
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| Traditional Prejudice and Modern Racism | |
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| Assimilation and Pluralism | |
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| Focus on Contemporary Issues: Does the Election of President Obama Mean that America Is Postracial? | |
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| Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? | |
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| Main Points | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| Questions for Review and Study | |
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| Internet Research Project | |
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| American Indians: From Conquest to Tribal Survival in a Postindustrial Society | |
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| Size of the Group | |
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| American Indian Cultures | |
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| Relations with the Federal Government after the 1890s | |
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| Reservation Life | |
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| The Indian Reorganization Act | |
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| The Termination Policy | |
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| Relocation and Urbanization | |
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| Self-Determination | |
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| Protest and Resistance | |
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| Early Efforts | |
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| Red Power | |
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| Focus on Contemporary Issues: Were American Indians the Victims of Genocide? | |
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| The Continuing Struggle for Development in Contemporary American Indian-White Relations | |
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| Natural Resources | |
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| Attracting Industry to the Reservation | |
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| Broken Treaties | |
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| Gaming and Other Development Possibilities | |
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| Contemporary American Indian-White Relations | |
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| Prejudice and Discrimination | |
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| Assimilation and Pluralism | |
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| Comparing Minority Groups | |
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| Progress and Challenges | |
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| Comparative Focus: Australian Aborigines and American Indians | |
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| Main Points | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| Questions for Review and Study | |
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| Internet Research Project | |
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| Hispanic Americans: Colonization, Immigration, and Ethnic Enclaves | |
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| Mexican Americans | |
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| Cultural Patterns | |
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| Immigration | |
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| Developments in the United States | |
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| Mexican Americans and Other Minority Groups | |
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| Puerto Ricans | |
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| Migration (Push and Pull) and Employment | |
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| Transitions | |
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| Puerto Ricans and Other Minority Groups | |
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| Cuban Americans | |
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| Immigration (Push and Pull) | |
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| Regional Concentrations | |
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| Socioeconomic Characteristics | |
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| The Ethnic Enclave | |
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| Cuban Americans and Other Minority Groups | |
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| Comparative Focus: Immigration to Europe vs. Immigration to the United States | |
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| Contemporary Hispanic-White Relations | |
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| Prejudice and Discrimination | |
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| Assimilation and Pluralism | |
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| Focus on Contemporary Issues: Will America Grow "Whiter" or "Browner"? | |
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| Assimilation and Hispanic Americans | |
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| Main Points | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| Questions for Review and Study | |
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| Internet Research Project | |
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| Asian Americans: "Model Minorities"? | |
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| Origins and Cultures | |
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| Contact Situations and the Development of the Chinese American and Japanese American Communities | |
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| Chinese Americans | |
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| Japanese Americans | |
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| Comparing Minority Groups | |
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| Contemporary Immigration from Asia | |
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| Contemporary Relations | |
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| Prejudice and Discrimination | |
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| Assimilation and Pluralism | |
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| Focus on Contemporary Issues: How Successful Are Asian Americans? At What Price? | |
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| Comparing Minority Groups: Explaining Asian American Success | |
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| Asian Americans and White Ethnics | |
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| Asian Americans and Colonized Racial Minority Groups | |
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| Structural Explanations of Asian American Success | |
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| Comparative Focus: Japan's "Invisible" Minority | |
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| Main Points | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| Questions for Review and Study | |
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| Internet Research Project | |
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| Challenges for the Present and the Future | |
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| New Americans, Assimilation, and Old Challenges | |
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| Current Immigration | |
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| New Hispanic Groups: Immigrants from the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and Colombia | |
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| Three Case Studies | |
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| Non-Hispanic Immigration from the Caribbean | |
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| Two Case Studies | |
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| Contemporary Immigration from Asia | |
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| Four Case Studies | |
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| Middle Eastern and Arab Americans | |
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| 9/11 and Arab Americans | |
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| The Arab American Community in Detroit, Michigan | |
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| Immigrants from Africa | |
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| Summary: Modes of Incorporation | |
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| Comparative Focus: The Roma: Europe's "True Minority" | |
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| Immigration: Issues and Controversies | |
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| The Attitudes of Americans | |
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| The Immigrants | |
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| Costs and Benefits | |
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| Undocumented Immigrants | |
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| Focus on Contemporary Issues: Birthright Citizenship | |
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| Is Contemporary Assimilation Segmented? | |
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| The Case for Segmented Assimilation | |
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| The Case for "Traditional" Assimilation Theory | |
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| Summary | |
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| Recent Immigration in Historical and Global Context | |
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| New Immigrants and Old Issues | |
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| Main Points | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| Questions for Review and Study | |
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| Internet Research Project | |
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| Minority Groups and U.S. Society: Themes, Patterns, and the Future | |
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| The Importance of Subsistence Technology | |
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| The Importance of the Contact Situation, Group Competition, and Power | |
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| Diversity Within Minority Groups | |