Description
Book Synopsis"A book that examines the growing population of mixed minority-white backgrounds and society"--
Trade Review"Winner of the Otis Dudley Duncan Award, Section on Population of the American Sociological Association"
"A heartening, wise, and profoundly important counternarrative to hysteria." * Kirkus Reviews *
"Alba writes with an admirable absence of jargon. His data-driven but fully accessible work advances an original and important idea that, if correct, will have major societal consequences." * Foreign Affairs *
"Required reading for everyone who comments or writes on American elections."
---Morris Fiorina, Real Clear Politics"A book that American politicians should read. . . . Excellent policy proposals."
---Suzanne Model, Ethnic and Racial Studies"An extremely important book. . . . Alba uses a wealth of data and a rigorous historical lens to systematically dismantle this “great demographic illusion,” which is fueling populist backlash and political division."
---Eric Kaufmann, American Journal of Sociology"Clearly rooted in sociology and does include data and tables, this is a productive and enlightening read even for those who teach and do research in literary and cultural studies."
---Julia Sattler, Amerikastudien/American Studies
