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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Foreword ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Introduction 1
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Part One: Diversity And Inequality
- 1. Durable Inequality 15
- 2. Two Visions of the Relationship between Individual and Society: The Bell Curve versus Social Structure and Personality 34
- 3. Two Faces of Diversity: Recreating the Stranger Next Door? 52
- 4. Gender, Sexuality, and Inequality: When Many Become One, Who Is the One and What Happens to the Others? 70
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Part Two: The New Demography Of Durable Inequality
- 5. The State of the American Dream: Race and Ethnic Socioeconomic Inequality in the United States, 1970-90 89
- 6. Strangers Next Door: Immigrant Groups and Suburbs in Los Angeles and New York 108
- 7. Jobless Poverty: A New Form of Social Dislocation in the Inner-City Ghetto 133
- 8. Persisting Inequality between Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan America: Implications for Theory and Policy 151
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Part Three: Durable Inequality In American Institutions
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Education
- 9. Do Historically Black Colleges and Universities Enhance the College Attendance of African American Youths? 171
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Military
- 10. Overcoming Race:Army Lessons for American Society 189
- 11. War's Legacy in Men's Lives 209
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Religion
- 12. Diversity and Consensus: What Part Does Religion Play? 228
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Family
- 13. Diversity in American Families 245
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Mass Media
- 14. Television And Diversity:The Quantum Leap Model 260
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Part Four:Afterword
- 15. The Reduction of Intergroup Tensions 277
- 16. Long Time Passing: Race, Prejudice, and the Reduction of Intergroup Tensions 296
- Bibliography 305
- Contributors 327
- Index 335
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Foreword ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Introduction 1
-
Part One: Diversity And Inequality
- 1. Durable Inequality 15
- 2. Two Visions of the Relationship between Individual and Society: The Bell Curve versus Social Structure and Personality 34
- 3. Two Faces of Diversity: Recreating the Stranger Next Door? 52
- 4. Gender, Sexuality, and Inequality: When Many Become One, Who Is the One and What Happens to the Others? 70
-
Part Two: The New Demography Of Durable Inequality
- 5. The State of the American Dream: Race and Ethnic Socioeconomic Inequality in the United States, 1970-90 89
- 6. Strangers Next Door: Immigrant Groups and Suburbs in Los Angeles and New York 108
- 7. Jobless Poverty: A New Form of Social Dislocation in the Inner-City Ghetto 133
- 8. Persisting Inequality between Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan America: Implications for Theory and Policy 151
-
Part Three: Durable Inequality In American Institutions
-
Education
- 9. Do Historically Black Colleges and Universities Enhance the College Attendance of African American Youths? 171
-
Military
- 10. Overcoming Race:Army Lessons for American Society 189
- 11. War's Legacy in Men's Lives 209
-
Religion
- 12. Diversity and Consensus: What Part Does Religion Play? 228
-
Family
- 13. Diversity in American Families 245
-
Mass Media
- 14. Television And Diversity:The Quantum Leap Model 260
-
Part Four:Afterword
- 15. The Reduction of Intergroup Tensions 277
- 16. Long Time Passing: Race, Prejudice, and the Reduction of Intergroup Tensions 296
- Bibliography 305
- Contributors 327
- Index 335