The diversity paradox immigration and the color line in twenty-first century America / Jennifer Lee and Frank D. Bean.

Author/creator Lee, Jennifer, 1968-
Other author Bean, Frank D.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Russell Sage Foundation,
Descriptionxii, 234 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Contents Pt. I. Historical background, theoretical framework, and sociodemographic context. -- Introduction : immigration and the color line in America -- Theoretical perspectives on color lines in the United States -- What is this person's race? The census and the construction of racial categories -- Immigration and the geography of the new ethnoracial diversity / with James D. Bachmeier and Zoya Gubernskaya -- Pt. II. Individual experiences of diversity : from multiraciality to multiracial identification. -- The cultural boundaries of ethnoracial status and intermarriage -- What about the children? Interracial families and ethnoracial identification -- Who is multiracial? The cultural reproduction of the one-drop rule -- From racial to ethnic status : claiming ethnicity through culture -- Pt. III. The empirical and policy significance of diversity : generalization and paradox. -- Ethnoracial diversity, minority-group threat, and boundary dissolution : clarifying the diversity paradox / with James D. Bachmeier -- Conclusion : the diversity paradox and beyond (Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose)
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [207]-224) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010003237
ISBN9780871540416 (alk. paper)

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