Race in America

Informationen zum Autor Matthew Desmond is an assistant professor of sociology and social studies at Harvard University. He is the author of Evicted (forthcoming from Crown publishing)! On the Fireline: Living and Dying with Wildland Firefighters (2007)! and The Racial Order (co-authored with Mustafa Emirbayer! 2015). Klappentext Matthew Desmond and Mustafa Emirbayer! authors of The Racial Order! have written an undergraduate textbook on race relations for the twenty-first century. Every chapter of Race in America examines how racism intersects with other forms of social division-those based on gender! class! sexuality! ability! religion! and nationhood-as well as how whiteness surrounds us in unnamed ways that produce and reproduce a multitude of privileges for white people. Featuring a table of contents that is organized around race and racism in different aspects of social life! Race in America explores the connections between individual and institution! past and present! and the powerful and the powerless. Zusammenfassung A groundbreaking approach to thinking about race and racism today.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Desmond, Matthew (Harvard University) Desmond, Matthew (Princeton University) Desmond, Mustafa Emirbayer, Mustafa (University of Wisconsin Emirbayer
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 30.11.2015, delayed
• EAN: 9780393937657
• ISBN: 978-0-393-93765-7
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Soziologie, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, Ethnic Issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General