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Ethnicity and race, making identities in a changing world, Stephen Cornell, Douglas Hartmann

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-293) and index

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Ethnicity and race

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Stephen Cornell, Douglas Hartmann

Sociology for a new century

making identities in a changing world

Foreword -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- The, puzzles of ethnicity and race -- An unexpected persistence and power -- A, puzzling diversity of forms -- Ethnicity and race as sociological topics -- An outline of what follows -- Mapping the terrain: definitions -- The, definition of ethnicity -- The, definition of race -- Ethnicity and race -- Nationalism and belonging -- Conclusion -- Fixed or fluid? Alternative views of ethnicity and race -- The, assimilationist assumption -- Primordialism -- Circumstantialism -- Primordialism and circumstantialism compared -- Conclusion -- A, constructionist approach -- The, construction of ethnic and racial identities -- The, nature of ethnic and racial bonds -- The, problem of authenticity -- The, reconstruction of circumstances -- The, logic of ethnic and racial construction -- Reframing intergroup relations -- Conclusion -- Case studies in identity construction -- Case 1. The power of circumstances: Blacks and Indians in the United States -- Case 2. Between assertion and assignment: Chinese Americans in Mississippi -- Case 3. From thick ethnicity to thin: German Americans -- Case 4. Constructed primordiality and ethnic power: Afrikaners in South Africa -- Case 5. From thin ethnicity to thick: basketball and war in the former Yugoslavia -- Case 6. Race, culture, and belonging: who is France? -- A, comparison of cases -- Conclusion -- Construction sites: contextual factors in the making of identities -- Critical sites -- Politics -- Labor markets -- Residential space -- Social institutions -- Culture -- Daily experience -- Summarizing contextual factors -- Conclusion -- What they bring: group factors in the making of identities -- Preexisting identities -- Population size -- Internal differentiation -- Social capital -- Human capital -- Symbolic repertoires -- Groups, contexts, and agendas -- Conclusion -- Making sense and making selves in a changing world -- The, impact of modernity -- Mixing and multiplicity -- Separation and consolidation -- Making sense, making selves, making others -- Conclusion -- References -- Index