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Racial and Ethnic Relations in America

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ISBN-10: 0205318037

ISBN-13: 9780205318032

Edition: 6th 2001

Authors: S. Dale McLemore, Harriet D. Romo, Susan Gonzales Baker

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This text for Race and Ethnic Relations focuses on the five largest ethnic groups in the U.S. Mexican Americans, African Americans, Native Americans, Japanese Americans, and now Puerto Ricans. McLemore, Romo, and Gonzalez Baker 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…    
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Book details

List price: $89.20
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/20/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 539
Size: 7.28" wide x 9.65" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English

All chapters conclude with ldquo;Discussion Questions,rdquo; ldquo;Key Ideas,rdquo; ldquo;Key Terms,rdquo; and ldquo;Notes.rdquo;
Natives and Newcomers
An Overview of Assimilation in America
Development of Assimilation Theory
Race and Ethnicity
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
The Rise of Anglo American Society
The English Legacy
Indian-English Relations
Servants and Slaves
The Colonial Irish
The Colonial Germans
The Revolutionary Period
The Golden Door
The First Great Immigrant Stream
Changing Patterns of Immigration
The Second Great Immigrant Stream
The Third Great Immigrant Stream
Nativism and Racism
Nativism
Scientific Racism
Immigration Restriction
Contemporary Racism
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
African Americans: Protest and Social Change
The Rise of Direct Action
Renewed Visibility of Black-White Conflict
African American Assimilation
African American ldquo;Success.rdquo;
Mexican Americans: From Colonized Minority to Political Activists
The Colonial Experience
The Immigrant Model
Mexican Immigration and Native Reaction
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 ldquo;Success.rdquo;
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 ldquo;Success.rdquo;
The Japanese Experience
Japanese Immigration and Native Reactions
The Japanese Family and Community in America
War, Evacuation, and Relocation
Japanese American Assimilation
Japanese American ldquo;Success.rdquo;
The Model Minority Stereotype
Chinese, Asian Indian, Korean, Vietnamese, Filipino, and Middle Eastern Arab Americans
Chinese Americans
Korean Americans
Filipino Americans
Asian Indian Americans
Vietnamese Americans, Arab Americans, and Resurgent Racism
Refugees: An International Issue
Vietnamese Americans
Arab Americans
Resurgent Racism
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