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001 2006028317
003 DLC
005 20080723082220.0
008 060824s2007 cauab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2006028317
020 $a1412941105 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9781412941105 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm71189840
035 $a(OCoLC)71189840
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBAKER$dC#P$dYDX$dYDXCP$dBTCTA$dDLC
050 00 $aHT1521$b.C64 2007
082 00 $a305.8$222
100 1 $aCornell, Stephen E.$q(Stephen Ellicott),$d1948-
245 10 $aEthnicity and race :$bmaking identities in a changing world /$cStephen Cornell, Douglas Hartmann.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aThousand Oaks, Calif. :$bPine Forge Press, an Imprint of Sage Publication,$cc2007.
300 $axxi, 311 p. :$bill., map ;$c23 cm.
440 0 $aSociology for a new century
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 267-293) and index.
505 0 $aForeword -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- The puzzles of ethnicity and race -- An unexpected persistence and power -- A puzzling diversity of forms -- Ethnicity and race as sociological topics -- An outline of what follows -- Mapping the terrain: definitions -- The definition of ethnicity -- The definition of race -- Ethnicity and race -- Nationalism and belonging -- Conclusion -- Fixed or fluid? Alternative views of ethnicity and race -- The assimilationist assumption -- Primordialism -- Circumstantialism -- Primordialism and circumstantialism compared -- Conclusion -- A constructionist approach -- The construction of ethnic and racial identities -- The nature of ethnic and racial bonds -- The problem of authenticity -- The reconstruction of circumstances -- The logic of ethnic and racial construction -- Reframing intergroup relations -- Conclusion -- Case studies in identity construction -- Case 1. The power of circumstances: Blacks and Indians in the United States -- Case 2. Between assertion and assignment: Chinese Americans in Mississippi -- Case 3. From thick ethnicity to thin: German Americans -- Case 4. Constructed primordiality and ethnic power: Afrikaners in South Africa -- Case 5. From thin ethnicity to thick: basketball and war in the former Yugoslavia -- Case 6. Race, culture, and belonging: who is France? -- A comparison of cases -- Conclusion -- Construction sites: contextual factors in the making of identities -- Critical sites -- Politics -- Labor markets -- Residential space -- Social institutions -- Culture -- Daily experience -- Summarizing contextual factors -- Conclusion -- What they bring: group factors in the making of identities -- Preexisting identities -- Population size -- Internal differentiation -- Social capital -- Human capital -- Symbolic repertoires -- Groups, contexts, and agendas -- Conclusion -- Making sense and making selves in a changing world -- The impact of modernity -- Mixing and multiplicity -- Separation and consolidation -- Making sense, making selves, making others -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.
650 0 $aRace.
650 0 $aEthnicity.
650 0 $aMinorities.
650 0 $aGroup identity.
700 1 $aHartmann, Douglas.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0666/2006028317-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0666/2006028317-t.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0738/2006028317-b.html