Table of Contents

Preface
Diversity in the United States: Questions and Concepts
Assimilation and Pluralism
Prejudice and Discrimination in the Individual
Societal Trends in Prejudice and Discrimination
The Development of Dominant-Minority Group Relations in Preindustrial America: The Origins of Slavery
Industrialization and Dominant Minority Relations: From Slavery to Segregation and the Coming of Postindustrial Society
African Americans: From Segregation to Modern Institutional Discrimination and Modern Racism
Native Americans: From Conquest to Tribal Survival in a Postindustrial Society
Hispanic Americans: Colonization, Immigration, and Ethnic Enclaves
Asian Americans: Are Chinese Americans and Japanese Americans "Model Minorities"?
New Americans: Immigration and Assimilation
White Ethnic Groups: Assimilation and Identity - The Twilight of Ethnicity
Dominant-Minority Relations in Cross-National Perspective
Minority Groups and U.S. Society: Themes, Patterns, and the Future

About the Author

Joseph F. Healey is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Christopher Newport University in Virginia. He received his PhD in sociology and anthropology from the University of Virginia. An innovative and experienced teacher of numerous race and ethnicity courses, he has written articles on minority groups, the sociology of sport, social movements, and violence, and he is also the author of Statistics: A Tool for Social Research (10th ed., 2014).