Racism (Oxford Readers) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192893009 ISBN 13: 9780192893000

Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 1999

Synopsis

W. E. B. Dubois wrote in 1903 that "the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line-the relation of the darker to the lighter races in the various areas of the world in which they interact." As the century draws to its close, this remains true; the last few years have witnessed a growth in academic interest in racism and an increasing general awareness of various kinds of racial conflict and violence in areas around the globe. This Oxford Reader provides a critical overview of the historical development and contemporary forms of racist ideas and institutions. It brings together material from different theoretical perspectives in an attempt to make sense of the ways in which racism has exerted such a powerful influence on the history of humanity.

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About the Author

Martin Bulmer is Foundation Fund Professor of Sociology at the University of Surrey. He is the editor of Ethnic and Racial Studies, in which he has been involved since 1988. His most recent book is Citizenship Today, edited with Tony Rees (1996) and he is Academic Director of the Question Bank, part of the ESRC Centre for Applied Social Surveys, established in 1995. He has wide experience of editing and publishing in British social science, and previously held a social policy appointment at LSE for 17 years, where he taught the main undergraduate course in race and ethnic relations for many years.

John Solomos is now Professor of Sociology at South Bank University. Prior to this he was Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Southampton, before which he was Reader in Public Policy, Birkbeck College, London, and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Research on Ethnic Relations, University of Warwick.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192893009
• ISBN 13: 9780192893000
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480
• Editor: Bulmer Martin