American Ethnicity: The Dynamics and Consequences of Discrimination

ISBN 13:
9780073135779
ISBN 10:
0073135771
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 05/17/2010
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Summary

This brief text provides an accessible introduction to the dynamics of racial and ethnic relations. After summarizing key concepts and theories, the authors develop a simple theoretical framework that guides the presentation of data on each of the prominent ethnic groups in America. As a result, the book examines each ethnic group from the same perspective, allowing students to compare the dynamics of discrimination against African Americans, Native Americans, Asian and Pacific Island Americans, white ethnic Americans, and Latinos.

American Ethnicity: The Dynamics and Consequences of Discrimination

9780073135779

0073135771

Summary

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Ethnicity and Ethnic Relations

Race and Ethnicity

Ethnic Groups

Minority Groups

Ethnic Discrimination

Ethnic Stratification

Types of Discrimination

The Institutionalization of Discrimination

Ethnic Prejudice

Adaptations to Prejudice and Discrimination

Passive Acceptance

Marginal Participation

Assimilation

Withdrawal and Self-Segregation

Rebellion and Revolt

Organized Protest

Ethnogenesis

Summary

Points of Debate

Key Terms

Chapter 2. Explaining Ethnic Relations

Theories of Ethnic Relations

Assimilation Theories

Pluralism Theories

Biological Theories

Human Ecology Theories

Power and Stratification Theories

A Unified Theory of Ethnic Relations

Summary

Points of Debate

Key Terms

Chapter 3. The Anglo-Saxon Core and Ethnic Antagonism

Early Colonization of America

The Anglo-Saxons

The Early Colonists

The Cultural and Institutional Legacy of Early Colonization

The Core Culture

The Core Institutional Structures

Anglo-Saxon Hegemony and the Dynamics of Ethnicity

The Domination of the Anglo-Saxon Cure

The Anglo-Saxon Core and the Dynamics of Discrimination

Summary

Points of Debate

Key Terms

Chapter 4. White Ethnic Americans

Resource Shares of White Ethnic Groups

Irish Americans

Identifiability of Irish Americans

Negative Beliefs about Irish Americans

The Dynamics of Discriminatin against Irish Americans

The Stratification of Irish Americans

Italian Americans

Identifiablity of Italian Americans

Negative Beliefs about Italian Americans

Stratification of Italian Americans

Jewish Americans

Identifiablity of Jewish Americans

Negative Beliefs about Jewish Americans

The Dynamics of Discrimination against Jewish Amerians

The Stratification of Jewish Americans

Summary

Points of Debate

Key Terms

Chapter 5. African Americans

Resource Shares of African Americans

The Impoverishment of African Americans

The Income of African Americans

The Occupation Distribution of African Americans

Educational Attainment of African Americans

Housing of African Americans

Life Span of African Americans

The Dynamics of Discrimination against African Americans

Identifiability of African Americans

Negative Beliefs of African Americans