The Ethnic Myth: Race, Ethnicity, and Class in America - Hardcover

Steinberg, Stephen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689111517 ISBN 13: 9780689111518

Publisher: Scribner, 1981

Synopsis

277 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. I Recommend The Book Highly To Sociologists, Historians, Other Scholars But Also To General Readers Who Want A Clear, Well-written And Often Provocative Analysis Of The Interplays Between Race, Ethnicity And Class In America.

About this title

Product Description:

Challenges the traditional American myths of race and ethnicity, examining the cultural diversity of American society and the success or failure of a variety of immigrant groups

Review:

It is refreshing to read a sociological work that combines elegant prose with a powerful and provocative analysis of a major contemporary problem. . . . The uncovering of the real meaning of . . . differences among American ethnic groups requires a comprehensive historical discussion of the . . . factors that have shaped the ethnic class structure. To launch such a discussion, I cannot think of a better book to recommend than The Ethnic Myth.--Contemporary Sociology

"The Ethnic Myth is . . . useful for the clarity and persuasiveness with which it integrates existing criticisms of ethnic pluralism, for the competent manner in which it summarizes the economic forces that shaped the development of America's ethnic groups, and for the robust good sense with which it disentangles and explains the complexities of race, class, and ethnicity."--The New York Times Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0689111517
• ISBN 13: 9780689111518
• Binding: Hardcover