Race in Society

Margaret L. Andersen is the Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor of Sociology at the University of Delaware where she also holds joint appointments in Black American Studies and Women’s Studies. She is a member of the National Advisory Board for Stanford University’s Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and is the Past-Vice President of the American Sociological Association and Past President of the Eastern Sociological Society from which she received ESS Merit Award. Professor Andersen has received The Eastern Sociological Society Merit Award for career contributions and the American Sociological Association’s Jessie Bernard Award, an award given for expanding the boundaries of sociology to include women. She is the author of several bestselling textbooks, including Thinking about Women, 10th edition, Race, Class and Gender (co-edited with Patricia Hill Collins; 9th ed.), Race and Ethnicity in Society: The Changing Landscape (co-edited with Elizabeth Higginbotham; 4th edition), and Sociology: The Essentials (co-authored, Howard F. Taylor, 9th ed.).

PART I: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF RACE

Chapter 1 Race: A Thoroughly Social Ideal
Chapter 2 What Do You Think? Prejudice, Racism, and Colorblindness
Chapter 3 Representing Race: Popular Culture and the Media
Chapter 4 Who Do You Think You Are? Racial Identities and Relationships

Part II: UNDERSTANDING RACIAL STRATIFICATION

Chapter 5Diverse Histories/Common Threads: Race and Ethnicity Build a Nation
Chapter 6Roots of Racial Inequality: Framing the Discussion

Part III: RACE AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Chapter 7Economic Inequality: Work, Class, and Poverty
Chapter 8Bringing It Home: Families and Communities
Chapter 9 Race and Place: Residential and Educational Segregation
Chapter 10 It Gets to You: Health Care and the Environment
Chapter 11Justice and Injustice: Race and Crime

PART IV: RACE AND SOCIAL CHANGE

Chapter 12The Long Search for Racial Justice