Description
The 20th Century has been marked by enormous change in terms of how we define race. In large part, we have thrown out the antiquated notions of the 1800s, giving way to a more realistic, sociocultural view of the world. The United States is, perhaps more than any other industrialized country, distinguished by the size and diversity of its racial and ethnic minority populations. Current trends promise that these features will endure. Fifty years from now, there will most likely be no single majority group in the United States. How will we fare as a nation when race-based issues such as immigration, job opportunities, and affirmative action are already so contentious today?
In America Becoming, leading scholars and commentators explore past and current trends among African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Native Americans in the context of a white majority. This volume presents the most up-to-date findings and analysis on racial and social dynamics, with recommendations for ongoing research. It examines compelling issues in the field of race relations, including:
- Race and ethnicity in criminal justice.
- Demographic and social trends for Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Native Americans.
- Trends in minority-owned businesses.
- Wealth, welfare, and racial stratification.
- Residential segregation and the meaning of "neighborhood."
- Disparities in educational test scores among races and ethnicities.
- Health and development for minority children, adolescents, and adults.
- Race and ethnicity in the labor market, including the role of minorities in America's military.
- Immigration and the dynamics of race and ethnicity.
- The changing meaning of race.
- Changing racial attitudes.
This collection of papers, compiled and edited by distinguished leaders in the behavioral and social sciences, represents the most current literature in the field. Volume 1 covers demographic trends, immigration, racial attitudes, and the geography of opportunity. Volume 2 deals with the criminal justice system, the labor market, welfare, and health trends. Both books will be of great interest to educators, scholars, researchers, students, social scientists, and policymakers.
Reviews
"...because the book is also rich in resources you will want to have a copy on your bookshelf for the future. ... Bottom line: Essential reading"
--The Diversity Factor, Summer 2001
"There is much to like about both volumes. The writing is accessible for the intelligent lay reader, and many chapters conclude with helpful summaries of lessons learned, policy recommendations, or research needs. Throughout the approximately 1000 pages, we find the latest research data on a multitude of topics, making the collection pure platinum for scholars. And whether by editorial intervention or authorial initiative, papers typically offer diverse racial perspectives rather than confining the discussion to blacks and whites. ...this is an important work for its compilation of state-of-the-art data and in-depth reflections on an American problem of massive proportions. The Race Initiative may be history, but these books will likely endure."
-- Journal of the American Medical Association, September 19, 2001
"...covers a wide range of important topics... these chapters vividly illustrate how race, while scientifically meaningless, continues to be socially meaningful... these volumes provide invaluable data and are an essential reference for anyone interested in this topic of national importance."
-- International Migration Review, 2002
"...as a sourcebook on the subject of race and ethnic relations, this collection brings together massive quantities of research findings and analyzes them thoroughly. It deserves a cherished place not only on our bookshelves but in the classrooms and community forums and policy-making bodies of the nation."
-- Social Service Review, March 2002
Author Biography
Neil Smelser is Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. Among his publications are Social Change in the Industrial Revolution, Theory of Collective Behavior, Comparative Methods in the Social Sciences, and Social Paralysis and Social Change.
William Julius Wilson is Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Education, and the American Philosophical Society, and a 1998 recipient of the National Medal of Science. He is the author of numerous publications, including The Declining Significance of Race, The Truly Disadvantaged, and When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor. His latest book is The Bridge over the Racial Divide: Rising Inequality and Coalition Politics.
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