Rethinking the Color Line: Readings in Race and EthnicityA collection for an undergraduate course, providing a theoretical framework and analytical tools and discussing the meaning of race and ethnicity as a social construction. The readings are designed to require students to negotiate between individual agency and the constraints of social structure, an |
Contents
Rethinking the Color Line Understanding | 1 |
Race and Ethnicity as Sociohistorical Constructions | 7 |
Theoretical Perspectives in Race and Ethnic Relations | 17 |
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Rethinking the Color Line: Readings in Race and Ethnicity Charles Andrew Gallagher No preview available - 2007 |
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