America Becoming : Racial Trends and Their Consequences: Volume I.

Cover -- Front Matter -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contents Volume II -- Terminology Used in This Report -- 1 Introduction -- 2 An Overview of Trends in Social and Economic Well-Being, by Race -- 3 An Overview of Racial and Ethnic Demographic Trends -- 4 Hispanics in a Multicultural Society: A New American Dilemma? -- 5 Trends Among American Indians in the United States1 -- 6 Political Trends and Electoral Issues of the Asian Pacific American Population -- 7 Contemporary Immigration and the Dynamics of Race and Ethnicity -- 8 The Changing Meaning of Race -- 9 Racial Attitudes and Relations at the Close of the Twentieth Century -- 10 Racial Trends and Scapegoating: Bringing in a Comparative Focus -- 11 Affirmative Action: Legislative History, Judicial Interpretations, Public Consensus -- 12 Test-Score Trends Along Racial Lines, 1971 to 1996: Popular Culture and Community Academic Standards -- 13 Residential Segregation and Neighborhood Conditions in U.S. Metropolitan Areas -- 14 Geography and Opportunity -- APPENDIX A Acronyms -- Index.

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