Introduction to ethnic studies

Reference & Research Book News, August, 2005

GN496

2005-295164

0-7575-1390-5

Introduction to ethnic studies.

Title main entry. Ed. by Brian Baker et al.

Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., [c]2004

394 p.

$53.95 (pa)

The editors (California State U. at Sacramento) have collected 35 readings to serve as an introduction to the field ethnic studies in the United States. The historical experiences of African-Americans, Native Americans, Asian-Americans, and Chicanos are explored in the opening section. The question of identity is then addressed through conceptual essays and discussions of Native American boarding schools, an autobiographical by Richard Wright on living with Jim Crow, and other materials. Manning Marable's look at race and the prison industrial complex, a publication on housing discrimination by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, an essay on the relationship between Asian Americans and affirmative action, and other readings comprise a section on "response and responsibility." The final section deals with intersecting issues of race, class, and gender.