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Tables of Contents for America Becoming
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
1
20
Introduction
Neil J. Smelser
William Julius Wilson
Faith Mitchell
An Overview of Trends in Social and Economic Well-Being, by Race
21
19
Rebecca M. Blank
DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS
An Overview of Racial and Ethnic Demographic Trends
40
63
Gary D. Sandefur
Molly Martin
Jennifer Eggerling-Boeck
Susan E. Mannon
Ann M. Meier
TRENDS AMONG ASIANS, HISPANICS, AND AMERICAN INDIANS
Hispanics in a Multicultural Society: A New American Dilemma?
103
32
Albert M. Camarillo
Frank Bonilla
Trends Among American Indians in the United States
135
35
Russell Thornton
Political Trends and Electoral Issues of the Asian Pacific American Population
170
30
Don T. Nakanishi
IMMIGRATION TRENDS
Contemporary Immigration and the Dynamics of Race and Ethnicity
200
43
Min Zhou
RACIAL ATTITUDES, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, AND INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
The Changing Meaning of Race
243
21
Michael A. Omi
Racial Attitudes and Relations at the Close of the Twentieth Century
264
38
Lawrence D. Bobo
Racial Trends and Scapegoating: Bringing in a Comparative Focus
302
16
Anthony W. Marx
Affirmative Action: Legislative History, Judicial Interpretations, Public Consensus
318
30
Carol M. Swain
EDUCATION TRENDS
Test-Score Trends Along Racial Lines, 1971 to 1996: Popular Culture and Community Academic Standards
348
43
Ronald F. Ferguson
NEIGHBORHOOD AND GEOGRAPHIC TRENDS
Residential Segregation and Neighborhood Conditions in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
391
44
Douglas S. Massey
Geography and Opportunity
435
50
Manuel Pastor, Jr
APPENDIXES
A Acronyms
469
3
B Agenda: Research Conference on Racial Trends in the United States
472
5
C Biographical Sketches
477
8
Index
485