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Updated Fifth Edition��

replaces the

Fifth Edition

of this text (ISBN 978-1-4129-5862-2) and comes with a new bonus introductory chapter on the Obama election, plus a new convenient paperback format - and a new, even lower price of only $75.00.



Joseph F. Healey’s

Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class,

Updated

Fifth Edition

builds upon the bestselling status of the four 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, ��arrative Portraits,��are threaded throughout the text to bring life to a variety of topics.




New to the

Updated

Fifth Edition




*New* bonus prologue Obama Election chapter


*New*��paperback format


*New*��even lower price of only $75


Offers briefer and more accessible format without sacrificing rigor


Combines Chapters 3 and 4 to better illustrate the relationship between the individual level and societal level factors that create racial, ethnic, and gender prejudice and conflict


Incorporates Chapter 13 on global and comparative dynamics into the rest of the book for more integrated global coverage in

every

chapter


Presents a new four-color design throughout the text to make it more appealing and dynamic


Provides new maps of the world and more global examples throughout the text and in

Comparative Focus

boxes


Includes new data and a case study on the racial and ethnic consequences of Hurricane Katrina


Contains more information on New Immigrants including Arab Americans, Caribbean Americans, and other groups that have become part of the social fabric of the United States in recent years






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Intended Audience


This popular, comprehensive core text is designed for undergraduate courses on race and ethnic relations, minorities, or race, ethnicity, and gender in sociology departments.