Constructing "race" and "ethnicity" in America

Download or Read eBook Constructing "race" and "ethnicity" in America PDF written by Dvora Yanow and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 2003 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Constructing
Author :
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Total Pages : 276
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0765608006
ISBN-13 : 9780765608000
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)
DOWNLOAD EBOOK
Book Synopsis Constructing "race" and "ethnicity" in America by : Dvora Yanow

Book excerpt: This work examines what is meant by the terms "race" and "ethnicity" and examines why policy makers continue to use them as if they had some scientific standing. It argues that "race" and "ethnicity" are socially constructed concepts, not objective, scientifically grounded variables.


Constructing "race" and "ethnicity" in America Related Books

Constructing
Language: en
Pages: 276

Constructing "race" and "ethnicity" in America

Authors: Dvora Yanow
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: M.E. Sharpe

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This work examines what is meant by the terms "race" and "ethnicity" and examines why policy makers continue to use them as if they had some scientific standing
Recovering History, Constructing Race
Language: en
Pages: 561

Recovering History, Constructing Race

Authors: Martha Menchaca
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-01-15 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

“An unprecedented tour de force . . . [A] sweeping historical overview and interpretation of the racial formation and racial history of Mexican Americans.”
Constructing Race
Language: en
Pages: 415

Constructing Race

Authors: Tracy Teslow
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-07-21 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book explores how physical anthropologists struggled to understand variation in bodies and cultures in the twentieth century, how they represented race to
Race in the Making
Language: en
Pages: 250

Race in the Making

Authors: Lawrence A. Hirschfeld
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: MIT Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Race in the Making provides a new understanding of how people conceptualize social categories and shows why this knowledge is so readily recruited to create and
The Social Construction of Race and Ethnicity in the United States
Language: en
Pages: 556

The Social Construction of Race and Ethnicity in the United States

Authors: Prince Brown
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher: Pearson

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This groundbreaking collection of classic and cutting edge sociological research gives special attention to the social construction of race and ethnicity in the