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America becoming : racial trends and their consequences. Volume 1
- Conferences
- Research Conference on Racial Trends in the United States (1998 : Washington, D.C.)
- Available as
- Online
Details
- Creator
- Neil J. Smelser, William Julius Wilson, and Faith Mitchell, editor.s
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2001
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (560 pages) : illustrations
- ISBNs
- 0309172934, 1282081497, 9786612081491, 0309504554, 0309064953, 030906838X
- Papers based on the Research Conference on Racial Trends in the United States, held in October 1998.
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- English
- Terminology Used in This Report -- Introduction -- An Overview of Trends in Social and Economic Well-Being, by Race -- An Overview of Racial and Ethnic Demographic Trends -- Hispanics in a Multicultural Society: A New American Dilemma? -- Trends Among American Indians in the United States -- Political Trends and Electoral Issues of the Asian Pacific American Population -- 7 Contemporary Immigration and the Dynamics of Race and Ethnicity -- The Changing Meaning of Race -- Racial Attitudes and Relations at the Close of the Twentieth Century -- Racial Trends and Scapegoating: Bringing in a Comparative Focus -- Affirmative Action: Legislative History, Judicial Interpretations, Public Consensus -- Test-Score Trends Along Racial Lines, 1971 to 1996: Popular Culture and Community Academic Standards -- Residential Segregation and Neighborhood Conditions in U.S. Metropolitan Areas -- Geography and Opportunity -- APPENDIX A Acronyms
Subjects
- Minorities -- United States -- Social conditions -- Research -- Congresses
- Minorities -- United States -- Economic conditions -- Research -- Congresses.
- United States -- Race relations -- Research -- Congresses.
- United States -- Ethnic relations -- Research -- Congresses.
- United States -- Population -- Statistics -- Congresses.