Table of Contents

Prologue: The Election of President Barack Obama
Chapter 1. Diversity in the United States: Questions and Concepts
Chapter 2. Assimilation and Pluralism: From Immigrants to White Ethnics
Chapter 3. Prejudice and Discrimination
Chapter 4. The Development of Dominant-Minority Group Relations in Pre-Industrial America: The Origins of Slavery
Chapter 5. Industrialization and Dominant-Minority Relations: From Slavery to Segregation and the Coming of Postindustrial Society
Chapter 6. African Americans: From Segregation to Modern Institutional Discrimination and Modern Racism
Chapter 7. American Indians: From Conquest to Tribal Survival in a Postindustrial Society
Chapter 8. Hispanic Americans: Colonization, Immigration, and Ethnic Enclaves
Chapter 9. Asian Americans: “Model Minorities”?
Chapter 10. New Americans, Assimilation, and Old Challenges
Chapter 11. 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).