A Common destiny [[electronic resource] ] : Blacks and American society / / Gerald David Jaynes and Robin M. Williams, Jr., editors ; Committee on the Status of Black Americans, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1989
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (624 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.8/96073
• Soggetto topico: African Americans - Social conditions - 1975-; African Americans - Economic conditions; African Americans - Politics and government
• Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations
• Altri autori: JaynesGerald David WilliamsRobin Murphy
• Note generali: Papers and studies resulting from a four-year study conducted under the aegis of the Committee on the Status of Black Americans.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""A Common Destiny""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Summary and Conclusions""; ""SUMMARY OF MAJOR FINDINGS""; ""Blacks and Whites in a Changing Society""; ""Determinants of Black Status""; ""A RECORD OF THE STATUS OF BLACK AMERICANS""; ""Attitudes, Participation, Identity, and Institutions""; ""Political Participation""; ""Economic Status""; ""Schooling""; ""Health""; ""Crime and Criminal Justice""; ""Children and Families""; ""THE FUTURE: ALTERNATIVES AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS""; ""Blacks' Status in the Near Future""; ""Residential Segregation""; ""Income and Poverty"" ; ""Policy Alternatives""""Black Perspectives""; ""CONCLUSION""; "" 1 Overview: Then and Now ""; ""CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN BLACK-WHITE STATUS SINCE 1940""; ""The Baseline Cohort""; ""The Most Recent Cohort""; ""Uneven Changes""; ""DATA, FINDINGS, AND INTERPRETATIONS: CONCEPTS AND METHODS""; ""Study Methods""; ""Determinants of Black Status""; ""Interpreting Data""; ""Explaining Black-White Differences""; ""Residential Segregation and Its Effects""; ""Description of the Report""; ""REFERENCES""; ""NOTE""; "" 2 Black Participation in American Society ""; ""THE BASELINE PERIOD: 1935-1945"" ; ""Social Relations Under Jim Crow""""Migration and Urbanization""; ""Rising Black Protest""; ""BLACK PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SINCE 1945""; ""The Military""; ""Desegregation of the Armed Forces""; ""The Modern Military""; ""Public Schools""; ""Trends in School Desegregation""; ""Effects of School Desegregation""; ""Resegregation Within Desegregated Schools""; ""Blacks, Whites, and School Desegregation""; ""PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS AND WORK ENVIRONMENTS""; ""Workplaces""; ""Labor Unions and Equal Employment""; ""RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION""; ""Metropolitan Areas""; ""Neighborhoods"" ; ""BLACK PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL LIFE SINCE 1945""""Churches And Religious Life""; ""Organized Sports""; ""ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; "" 3 Racial Attitudes and Behavior""; ""THE EMPIRICAL RECORD: 1940-1986""; ""Change in Racial Attitudes: An Overview""; ""White Attitudes""; ""The Scientific American Reports""; ""Social Distance""; ""SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIAL CONTEXT, AND RACIAL ATTITUDES""; ""Black Attitudes""; ""Support for Principles and Implementation Policies""; ""Black Alienation from White Society""; ""BLACK AND WHITE PREFERENCES FOR BLACK-WHITE RELATIONS"" ; ""CONTEMPORARY BLACK-WHITE RELATIONS""""Public Accommodations and Retail Establishments""; ""Racial Attitudes and Discrimination In Housing""; ""Housing and Socioeconomic Status""; ""Discrimination in the Workplace""; ""EXPLANATIONS OF BLACK AND WHITE ATTITUDES TOWARD RACE""; ""Three Interpretations""; ""Competing Values""; ""The Meaning of Racial Equality""; ""Group Status""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; "" 4 Identity and Institutions in the Black Community""; ""SOCIAL STRUCTURE""; ""Before the Civil Rights Movement""; ""A Segregated Society""; ""Black Cultural Life"" ; ""After the Civil Rights Movement""
• Titolo autorizzato: A Common destiny
• ISBN: 1-280-21438-4; 9786610214389; 0-309-55537-X; 0-585-02448-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818356503321
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