Adalberto Aguirre

American Ethnicity: The Dynamics and Consequences of Discrimination Adalberto Aguirre 7.º edición

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Preface -- Chapter 1. Ethnicity and Ethnic Relations -- Race and Ethnicity -- Ethnic Groups -- Minority Groups -- Ethnic Discrimination -- Types of Discrimination -- The Institutionalization of Discrimination -- Ethnic Stratification -- 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 -- Psychological 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 Core -- The Anglo-Saxon Core and the Dynamics of Discrimination -- Summary -- Points of Debate -- Key Terms -- Chapter 4. White Ethnic Americans -- Resource Shares of White Ethnics -- Irish Americans -- Identifiability of Irish Americans -- Negative Beliefs about Irish Americans -- The Dynamics of Discrimination against Irish Americans -- Stratification of Irish Americans -- Italian Americans -- Identifiability of Italian Americans -- Negative Beliefs about Italian Americans -- The Dynamics of Discrimination against Italian Americans -- Stratification of Italian Americans -- Jewish Americans -- Identifiability of Jewish Americans -- Negative Beliefs about Jewish Americans -- The Dynamics of Discrimination against Jewish Americans -- Stratification of Jewish Americans -- Summary -- Points of Debate -- Key Terms/Key Legislation -- Chapter 5. African Americans -- Resource Shares of African Americans -- The Impoverishment of African Americans -- The Income of African Americans -- The Occupational Distribution of African Americans -- Educational Attainment of African Americans -- Housing of African Afnericans -- Life Span of African Americans -- The Dynamics of Discrimination against African Americans -- Identifiability of African Americans -- Negative Beliefs about African Americans -- Institutionalized Discrimination against African Americans -- Stratification of African Americans -- Affluent and Poor African Americans: The Widening Gap -- The African American Underclass: Myth or Reality? -- Threats and Hostility toward African Americans -- Responding to Discrimination -- Protest during Slavery -- Protest after Slavery -- The Last Sixty Years -- The New African Americans -- Summary -- Points of Debate -- Key Terms/Key Legislation -- Chapter 6. Native Americans -- On the Verge of Extinction -- Resource Shares of Native Americans -- Income of Native Americans -- Occupational Distribution of Native Americans -- Educational Attainment of Native Americans -- Life Span of Native Americans -- Housing of Native Americans -- Poverty of Native Americans -- The Dynamics of Discrimination against Native Americans -- Identifiability of Native Americans -- Negative Beliefs about Native Americans -- Institutionalized Discrimination against Native Americans -- Stratification of Native Americans -- Responding to Discrimination -- War as a Nonviable Response -- Retreatism as Another Nonviable Response -- Pan-Indianism and Ethnogenesis -- The Economic Battle -- Summary -- Points of Debate -- Key Terms/Key Legislation -- Chapter 7. Latinos -- Resource Shares of Latinos -- Poverty Levels of Latinos -- Income of Latinos -- Occupational Distribution of Latinos -- Educational Attainment of Latinos -- Life Span of Latinos -- Housing of Latinos -- Mexican Americans -- Identifiability of Chicanos -- The History of Mexican Americans: Conquest, Displacement, and Exploitation -- Negative Beliefs about Chicanos -- The Dynamics of Discrimination against Mexican Americans -- Stratification of the Mexican-Origin Population -- Puerto Ricans -- Identifiability of Puerto Ricans -- Negative Beliefs about Puerto Ricans -- The Dynamics of Discrimination against Puerto Ricans -- Stratification of Puerto Ricans -- Cuban Americans -- Negative Beliefs about Cuban Americans -- The Dynamics of Discrimination against Cuban Americans -- Stratification of Cuban Americans -- Summary -- Points of Debate -- Key Terms/Key Legislation -- Chapter 8. Asian and Pacific Island Americans -- Asian Americans -- Resource Shares of Asian Americans -- The Dynamics of Discrimination against Asian Americans -- Stratification of Asian Americans -- Responding to Discrimination -- The Precarious Situation for Asian Americans -- Pacific Islanders: A Short Exploratory Note -- Resource Shares of Pacific Islanders -- Identifiability of Pacific Islanders -- Negative Beliefs about Pacific Islanders -- Institutionalized Discrimination against Pacific Islanders -- Stratification of Pacific Islanders -- Summary -- Points of Debate -- Key Terms/Key Legislation -- Chapter 9. Arab Americans -- Who Are Arab Americans? -- A Profile of Arab Americans -- A Short History of Arab American Immigration -- Resource Shares of Arab Americans -- Incomes of Arab Americans -- Poverty among Arab Americans -- Labor Force Participation among Arab Americans -- Educational Attainment of Arab Americans -- The Dynamics of Discrimination against Arab Americans -- Identifiability of Arab Americans -- Negative Beliefs about Arab Americans -- Institutionalized Discrimination against Arab Americans -- Responding to Discrimination: Ethnogenesis -- Summary -- Points of Debate -- Key Terms/Key Legislation -- Chapter 10. The Future of Ethnicity in America -- The New Immigrants -- Changing Patterns of Irnrnigration -- Immigration, Birth Rates, and Changing Composition of Ethnic Populations -- Reasons for the Shift in Immigration Patterns -- Settlement Patterns of the New Immigrants -- Other Characteristics of the New Immigrants -- The Immigration Dilemma -- The Future Dynamic of Discrimination -- Latinos and the American Future -- Asian Americans in the Future -- African Americans in the Future -- New Patterns of Ethnic Mixing -- The Problematic Nature of a Multicultural America -- Conclusion: The Ongoing Struggle for Social Justice in U. S. Society -- Points of Debate -- Key Terms/Key Legislation -- Glossary -- References -- Photo Credits -- Index.

Contributor Bio:  Aguirre, Adalberto, Jr Adalberto Aguirre, Jr., is professor of sociology at the University of California at Riverside. He is the author many articles in professional journals. He is also written over five books, including Race, Racism, and the Death Penalty in the United States, Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in American Criminal Justice, and Chicanos in Higher Education: Dilemmas for the 21st Century. Contributor Bio:  Turner, Jonathan H Jonathan H. Turner is distinguished professor of sociology at the University of California- Riverside and university professor, University of California. He is the author or coauthor of thirty-five books and seven edited books. His works include Contemporary Sociological Theory, Theoretical Sociology: From 1830 to the Present, and The Emergence of Sociological Theory.