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Racial and Ethnic Groups, 12/E
Richard T. SchaeferDePaul University

ISBN-10: 0205683665
ISBN-13:  9780205683666

Publisher:  Pearson
Copyright:  2010
Format:  Cloth; 480 pp
Published:  02/20/2009


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For courses in Race and Ethnic Relations.

 

This best-selling Race & Ethnic Relations text is grounded in a socio-historical perspective with engaging stories and first person accounts. Racial and Ethnic Groups 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.

 

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.

 

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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.


New To This Edition

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 refined Spectrum 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”


Table of Contents

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 


Previous Edition(s)

  • Racial and Ethnic Groups, 10/E
    Schaefer
    ©2006  |  Pearson  |  Cloth; 528 pp  |  Out of Print
    ISBN-10: 013192897X  |  ISBN-13: 9780131928978
    Brief Description  |  More Info

  • Racial and Ethnic Groups, 11/E
    Schaefer
    ©2008  |  Pearson  |  Cloth; 552 pp  |  Out of Print
    ISBN-10: 0132438755  |  ISBN-13: 9780132438759
    Brief Description  |  More Info


Next Edition(s)

  • Racial and Ethnic Groups, 13/E
    Schaefer
    ©2012  |  Pearson  |  Cloth; 480 pp  |  Instock
    ISBN-10: 020584233X  |  ISBN-13: 9780205842339
    Brief Description  |  More Info

  • Racial and Ethnic Groups, 13/E
    Schaefer
    ©2012  |  Pearson  |  Cloth; 480 pp  |  Instock
    ISBN-10: 020584233X  |  ISBN-13: 9780205842339
    Brief Description  |  More Info

  • Racial and Ethnic Groups, 13/E
    Schaefer
    ©2012  |  Pearson  |  Cloth; 480 pp  |  Instock
    ISBN-10: 020584233X  |  ISBN-13: 9780205842339
    Brief Description  |  More Info

  • Racial and Ethnic Groups, Census Update, 12/E
    Schaefer
    ©2011  |  Pearson  |  Cloth; 480 pp  |  Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205800513  |  ISBN-13: 9780205800513
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“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

 

 

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