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by: Joe R. Feagin, Clairece Booher Feagin
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.800973
EAN: 9780132244046
ISBN: 0132244047
Label: Prentice Hall
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 528
Publication Date: September 09, 2007
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Sales Rank: 19516
Studio: Prentice Hall
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Drawing on a broad array of sources, Racial and Ethnic Relation, 8/e, examines the “what”, “why”, and “how” of racial and ethnic oppression and conflict. This book provides readers with access to important research and literature on racial and ethnic groups in the Unites States and, to a lesser extent, in certain other countries around the globe.
Major racial and ethnic groups are examined with regard to their incorporation, economic circumstances, political development, and experience with exploitation. This textbook is designed for the numerous scholars, journalists, politicians—and people— concerned with the racial and ethnic issues of discrimination, oppression, and conflict that exist in the U.S.
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Rating:  - Good basic survey on various U.S. ethnic groups
Joe Feagin is one of America's foremost scholars in the area of racial/ethnic conflict and inequality. His latest textbook, "Racial and Ethnic Relations," is a very informative book detailing the multicultural history of the United States and the populating of the country by various ethnic groups from colonial days up to the present.
What do I like about this book? First off, Feagin provides an extremely detailed ethno-historical account for many different groups. You simply have to ... Read More
Rating: - An Excellent Overview
This book provides an excellent overview both of theories about racial and ethnic relations and of the experiences of various ethnic and racial groups. It is extremely sensitive to the nuances of different group experiences, but also speaks the truth about those groups--particularly Native Americans and African Americans--who have been at the bottom in relation to everyone else. When it comes to the treatment of these two groups, the nuanced differences between the other groups have often been ... Read More
Rating:  - Fairly one-sided text
Mr. and Ms. Feagin make many fine points in this text and do a good job bringing up little known information on many groups, from Irish-Americans to Native Americans, American Jews to African Americans. The reason such little-known evidence is needed though is because the Feagins try to force their views on people. They do this by selecting only the articles and ideas that support their views, however contradictory this is. For instance, they go into great detail on explaining why various ... Read More
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