Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. PART I THE FLUIDITY OF RACE
6. 1 Latinos in the U.S. Race Structure 1
7. 2 The Idea of Race 27
8. 3 Stories of Self-Definition 47
9. PART II HISTORICAL CONSTRUCTIONS
10. 4 Whites and Other Social Races 63
11. 5 The Shifting Color Line 87
12. 6 Race in the Americas 106
13. PART III RACE AND THE CENSUS
14. 7 The “Other Race” Option 127
15. 8 Redefining Race in 2000 153
16. Appendix A Data Limitations and the Undercount 177
17. Appendix B The Biological Concept of Race in the United States 182
18. Appendix C: A Technical Oversight or Racial Flux? 187
19. Appendix D Free People of Color 193
20. Notes 199
21. References 229
22. About the Author 265