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

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 dynamic and the static elements in ethnic and race relations. It reveals the changing face of ethnicity and race in the U.S.A., and in particular outlines the tremendous changes taking places among the white ethnics. Based on a conference on ‘Ethnicity and Race in the Last Quarter of the Twentieth Century’ held at the State University of New York in Albany, the book will appeal to a wide range of scholars interested in American ethnic experience, including sociologists, historians, political scientists, social workers, and students in ethnic studies programmes.

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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