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Ethnicity and Race in the U.S.A: Toward the Twenty-First Century book cover

1st Edition

Ethnicity and Race in the U.S.A Toward the Twenty-First Century

Edited By Richard Alba Copyright 1985
196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge
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First published in 1988, Ethnicity and Race in the U.S.A is a collection of studies, by leading scholars of ethnicity and race in the U.S.A. Including chapters on Blacks, American Indians, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and white ethnicities, it provides a data-based analysis. Drawing on the first published results from the 1980 census, it gives a unified and comprehensive picture of both the... Read more

Preface Richard D. Alba 1. Three steps forward and two back? Recent changes in the social and economic status of blacks Reynolds Farley 2. The political economy and political ethnicity of American Indian adaptations and identities Robert Jarvenpa 3. The structuring of Hispanic ethnicity: historical and contemporary perspectives Candace Nelson and Marta Tienda 4. The road to parity: determinants of the socioeconomic achievements of Asian Americans Victor Nee and Jimy Sanders 5. The structure of pluralism: ‘We’re all Italian around here, aren’t we, Mrs. O’Brien?’ William L. Yancey, Eugene P. Ericksen and George H. Leon 6. Jewishness in America: ascription and choice Walter P. Zenner 7. The twilight of ethnicity among Americans of European ancestry: the case of Italians Richard D. Alba 8. Unhyphenated whites in the United States Stanley Lieberson Name index Subject index

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Richard D. Alba

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