Deals with ethnicity in modern Society

This text discusses key debates in the sociology of ethnicity and race, arguing that ethnicity is culturally expressed and politically and economically contextualised.

This encyclopedia offers a comprehensive look at the roles race and ethnicity play in society and in our daily lives.

"This book is very well written and clearly organized throughout.

This book explains how the idea of race became so important in the USA, generating conceptual confusion that can now be clarified.

This brief history acts as an introduction to the inter-related themes of race, ethnicity and immigration in American history. It spans the years 1600 to 2000, exploring the historical roots of contemporary identity politics.

Theories of Ethnicity provides, in one convenient volume, the most probing and frequently cited considerations of such topics as the melting pot and pluralism, race and race problems, intermarriage, kinship and religion, and much more.

This volume, meant specifically for those new to the field, brings together an ensemble of prominent scholars and illuminates the role religious myths have played in shaping those social boundaries that we call "races" and "ethnicities".

Focusing on the 18th century and colonial American values, this collection of essays explores the subject of ethnicity in the USA.

Drawing on data from assisted reproduction, transnational adoption, mixed race families, Basque identity politics and post-Soviet nation-building, this volume provides new and challenging ways to understand race, ethnicity and nation.