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Racial and Ethnic Groups: International Edition

Autor Richard T. Schaefer
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 feb 2009
Grounded in a socio-historical perspective with engaging stories and first person accounts.
 
Racial and ethnic relations in the United States are at a dynamic and exciting time. Major events are shaping our society, such as population and immigration changes, the election of the first African-American president, and increasing diversity throughout our society.
 
Racial and Ethnic Groups, 12th edition helps students understand the changing dynamics of the U.S. population. By using a socio-historical perspective, the author frames issues by examining our history, exploring the current situation, and discussing the concerns for the future.
 
Filled with first person accounts, such as “Listen to Our Voices,” brief story chapter openers, and “Student Voices” questions, Schaefer’s Racial and Ethnic Groups actively engages students in the study of racial and ethnic relations.
 
 
Major changes include the introduction of “Global View” boxes, and new discussions of high-interest topics, such as African immigration and color-blind racism.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780205724963
ISBN-10: 0205724965
Pagini: 480
Dimensiuni: 216 x 276 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.97 kg
Ediția:12Nouă
Editura: Pearson Education
Colecția Pearson Education
Locul publicării:Upper Saddle River, United States

Cuprins

Chapter 1: Understanding Race and Ethnicity  
 
Chapter 2: Prejudice  
 
Chapter 3: Discrimination  
 
Chapter 4: Immigration and the United States  
 
Chapter 5: Ethnicity and Religion  
 
Chapter 6: The Native Americans  
 
Chapter 7:The Making of African Americans in a White America  
 
Chapter 8: African Americans Today  
 
Chapter 9: Hispanic Americans  
 
Chapter 10: Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans  
 
Chapter 11: Muslim and Arab Americans: Diverse Minorities  
 
Chapter 12: Asian Americans: Growth and Diversity  
 
Chapter 13: Chinese Americans and Japanese Americans  
 
Chapter 14: Jewish Americans: Quest to Maintain Identity  
 
Chapter 15: Women: The Oppressed Majority  
 
Chapter 16: Beyond the United States: The Comparative Perspective  
 
Chapter 17: Overcoming Exclusion 


Recenzii

General Thoughts
 
“This text is very well researched, thorough, informative, and comprehensive.  I have not yet seen a book that is better than this text.  It covers all the areas of concern for a course on race and ethnicity in the U.S.”
            -Professor Sangeeta Jha , St. Cloud University
 
“Most of my students thought that the book was good and easy to comprehend.”
            - Professor Sangeeta Jha , St. Cloud University
 
Racial and Ethnic Groups is a very good scholarly work. Especially the historical perspectives on American racial minorities.”
            - Professor Kebba Darboe, Minnesota State University
 
“I have already adopted this book for more than five years, and I recommended it to other colleagues who have also adopted it at another university.”
-Professor Kebba Darboe, Minnesota State University
 
“This is still the best college text that overviews the racial and ethnic diversity in the Unites States within a socio-historical framework.  It has become a more attractive text in both its format and aesthetic qualities.”
            - Professor Jac Bulk, University of Wisconsin
 
“This book is superior to all its competition.”
            - Professor Jac Bulk, University of Wisconsin
 
“This text is my choice because it appears to be scholarly, and providing a balance of necessary historical context and current information.”
            -Dr. Karen Hardin, Mesa Community College
 
Features
 
“The marginal glossary is one of the best features in the book.  It is very helpful to the students and the terms that are defined are the ones that I think are the most important.”
            -Professor Dale Lanigan, Lourdes College
 
“‘Ask Yourself’ is a beneficial feature to engage students in critical thinking and self-reflection.”
            -Dr. Karen Hardin, Mesa Community College
 
 

Caracteristici

For a visual walkthru of the text, please visit:
http://www.pearsonhighered.com/showtell/schaefer_0205683665
 
 
This is the text that provides an accessible, comprehensive, and up-to-date introduction to the issues confronting racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. and around the world.
 
Helps students understand the changing dynamics of the U.S. population:
  • Clear and current: Rick's writing style engages students and professors alike and, as always, Race and Ethnicity provides the reader with the most up to date examples and data.
  • Research Focus: Take a closer look at timely and interesting research about particular groups and their experiences within dominant White culture.
  • Full chapter coverage of Muslim and Arab-Americans shows the importance of understanding the diversity among the Arab people and followers of Islam in today’s world.
  • Student-friendly introduction of core topics: The first five chapters of the text introduce students to the basic concepts- prejudice, discrimination, immigration, ethnicity and religion, in the study of race and ethnic relations.
  • Detailed coverage on major racial/ethnic groups: Two chapters covering each of the following groups- African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, and Asians.
Pedagogical Features:
  • Engaging chapter openers: Each chapter opens with a brief story that helps introduce the coming material.
  • Listen to Our Voices feature provides first hand commentaries on race and ethnicity in America. This helps students to appreciate the expression and passion of racial and ethnic groups in response to prejudice and challenges.
  • Student Voice questions in every chapter encourage students to think critically about the material.

Caracteristici noi

The new edition includes innovative features and fully updated content:
  • Expanded coverage of topics such as color-blind racism (Chapter 2), German Americans, (Chapter 5), the Hawaiian sovereignty movement (Chapter 12), and more
  • Global View boxes, a new feature of this edition, place information in an international context
  • The latest research and studies from 2007 and 2008
  • Listen to Our Voices boxes, offering first-person commentaries of race and ethnicity in America, are new in half the chapters
  • Freshly-designed and unique Chapter-Openers visually engage the reader, and many new chapter-opening vignettes provide fresh, current examples.
  • New numbered summaries at the end of each chapter help students check their reading and comprehension.
  • The refinedSpectrum of Intergroup Relations visually reinforces the experience of a particular group within the dominant White culture of the US, from extermination or expulsion to instances of assimilation and pluralism.
  • A refreshed image program includes 11 new cartoons and 21 new tables and figures.
  • New key terms such as color-blind racism, cultural capital, Mestizo, mixed status, Québécois and social capital

 
Chapter-by-Chapter Changes:


Chapter 2:

  • Expanded coverage of Color-Blind Racism
  • A new “Listen to Our Voices” feature entitled “National Media Should Stop Using Obscene Words” by Tim Giago, on mascots using American Indian names
  • A new “Research Focus” feature entitled “Few of My Best Friends Are…” on interracial friendships
Chapter 3:
  • A new “Global View” feature on the Roma View: A Thousand Years of Discrimination (Chapter 3)
Chapter 4:
  • A new “Global View” feature on Immigration and South Africa (Chapter 4)
  • A new “Listen to Our Voices” feature entitled “The Next Americans” by Thomás Jiménez (Chapter 4).
Chapter 5:
  • Enhanced discussion of German Americans
Chapter 6:
  • A new “Global View” feature on Australia’s Aboriginal People
  • A new “Listen to Our Voices” feature entitled “Iyeska: Notes from mixed-blood country” by Charles A. Trimble
  • A new section on Collective Action by American Indians
Chapter 8:
  • A new “Listen to Our Voices” feature entitled “Denied” by Mary Pattillo
  • A new “Research Focus” feature entitled “Medical Apartheid”
Chapter 9:
  • A new “Research Focus” feature entitled “Language Acquisition”
  • A new “Global View” feature on the Salvadoran Connection
Chapter 10:
  • A new “Research Focus” feature entitled “The Latino Family Circle: Familism”
Chapter 11:
  • A new “Global View” feature on Muslims in France
  • A new “Listen to Our Voices” feature entitled “Hate Crime Punished” by James Zogby
Chapter 12:
  • Expanded material on the Hawaiian sovereignty movement
  • A new “Listen to Our Voices” feature entitled “Asian America Still Discovering Elusive Identity” by Jinju Chan
  • A new “Research Focus” feature entitled “Social Capital and Chinatowns Today”
Chapter 13:
  • A new “Global View” feature on Argentina’s Jewish Community
Chapter 15:
  • A new “Global View” feature on Women Elected Officials: Rwanda and Beyond
  • A new “Listen to Our Voices” feature entitled “What Do Women and Men Want” by Kathleen Gerson
Chapter 17:
  • A new “Research Focus” feature entitled “Passing on the Old Job Applicant”