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1 online resource (417 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Cover; Contents; Prologue: Seeing Is Believing; Part One: THE MULTIRACIAL NATION; 1. CLASSIFYING BY RACE; Race, Power, and Privilege; The Ethno-Racial Pentagon; Social Constructions of Race; 2. WHITE LIKE WHO?; The Color of a Nation; Becoming American; Indian Country; 3. LATINO AMERICA; La Raza; Latino Americans; Betwixt and Between Two Worlds; Part Two: AMERICA''S ENDURING DILEMMAS; 4. UNEQUAL LIFE CHANCES?; Intersectional Identities; Opportunities to Succeed; Growing Pains; 5. THE GEOGRAPHY OF RACE; Race and Place; At Home in America; The Border Regions; 6. THE PERILS OF EXCLUSION. |
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Toward InclusionOne Nation, Indivisible; Words as Weapons; Part Three: WHITES STILL MATTER MOST; 7. ACCOMMODATING DIVERSITY; Majority Rule; A Place at the Table; The Politics of Southern Change; 8. BEYOND BLACK AND WHITE; Invidious Distinctions; The Coalition-Builders; Votes and Rights; 9. CONFLICT AND COOPERATION; The Third Way; New Faces, New Paces; Multiracial Democracy; Epilogue: Reconcilable Differences?; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z. |
| Summary |
Race. The mere mention of the R-word is a surefire conversation-stopper. In this book about AmericaÆs most divisive social issue, Dominic J. Pulera offers a compelling roadmap to our future. This accessible and penetrating analysis is the first to include detailed coverage of AmericaÆs five ""racial"" groups: whites, blacks, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Native Americans. The author contends that race will matter to Americans during the twenty-first century because of visible differences, and that differences in physical appearance separating the races are the single most important factor sh. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Ethnology -- United States.
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Ethnology. |
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United States. |
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Cultural pluralism -- United States.
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Cultural pluralism. |
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Minorities -- United States -- Interviews.
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Minorities. |
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Interviews.
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United States -- Race relations -- Forecasting.
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Race relations. |
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Forecasting. |
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United States -- Census, 2000 -- Evaluation.
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Evaluation. |
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Electronic books.
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Census data.
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Census data.
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Interviews.
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Print version: Pulera, Dominic J. Visible Differences : Why Race Will Matter to Americans in the Twenty-First Century. New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, ©2002 9780826414076 |
| ISBN |
9781441170897 (electronic book) |
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1441170898 (electronic book) |
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