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Joseph F. Healey’s Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class, Sixth Edition builds upon the bestselling status of the prior editions, praised for the author’s writing style and the various effective pedagogical features that ensure students engage with core concepts in a meaningful way. With many updates and revisions, this edition once again uses sociological theory to tell the story of race and other socially constructed inequalities in the United States with consistency and clarity. Chapter-ending current debates based on the writings of prominent scholars spark classroom discussion on important issues, and first-person accounts, “Narrative Portraits,” are threaded throughout the text to bring life to a variety of topics.
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This is a textbook on the sociology of group relations in the United States. Healey (emeritus, sociology, Christopher Newport U.) generally takes a macro and comparative approach that focuses on groups and larger social structures (e.g., institutions and stratification systems) and systematically compares and contrasts the experiences of minority groups. Pedagogical features include "current debates" features at the end of every chapter, "narrative portraits" of personal experiences of individual members of minority groups, and "comparative focus" inserts examining group relations in other societies. This new edition has been revised, updated, and expanded and now has an increased emphasis on immigration. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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