1st Edition

Race, Ethnicity, and American Decline

By Cal Jillson Copyright 2024
342 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

342 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

342 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explores the deterioration of the promise of the American dream, particularly for Black Americans. Cal Jillson traces the source and cause of that decline to race prejudice, first in the stark form of human slavery and later in various forms of racial and ethnic discrimination, that has distorted American progress over the past four centuries and now portends American decline. Employing... Read more

1. Racial Orders and the Structure of American Life

2. Demographic Stability and Change in American History

3. Citizenship, Suffrage, and Race in America

4. Race, Ethnicity, and the American Mind

5. Race, Education, and Social Competition

6. Income, Wealth, and Race in America

7. Race and Health in America

8. Housing, Neighborhoods, and Opportunity’s Environmental Context

9. Race, Ethnicity, and the Criminal Justice System

10. Social Justice and the Modern American Promise: The Way Forward

Biography

Cal Jillson is Professor of Political Science at Southern Methodist University. He is the author or editor of 14 books including American Government: Political Development and Institutional Change (12th ed., 2023), Texas Politics: Governing the Lone Star State (9th ed., 2024), Lone Star Tarnished: A Critical Look at Texas Politics and Public Policy (4th ed., 2021), and The American Dream in History, Politics, and Fiction (2016).