{"product_id":"what-we-now-know-about-race-and-ethnicity-9781782387176","title":"What We Now Know About Race and Ethnicity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAttempts of nineteenth-century writers to establish “race” as a biological concept failed after Charles Darwin opened the door to a new world of knowledge. Yet this word already had a place in the organization of everyday life and in ordinary English language usage. This book explains how the idea of race became so important in the USA, generating conceptual confusion that can now be clarified. Developing an international approach, it reviews references to “race,” “racism,” and “ethnicity” in sociology, anthropology, philosophy, and comparative politics and identifies promising lines of research that may make it possible to supersede misleading notions of race in the social sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Banton’s s book is very thought-provoking: it made me think harder about the theoretical aspects of race and ethnicity than most books I have read recently on the topic. His willingness to challenge taken-for-granted theoretical stances is very bracing. There is also a lot of interesting information in this concise book, including material on the history of race and ethnicity studies that is highly relevant to understanding the field, but is often overlooked these days. His impressive mastery of the field gives readers a very informative and synthetic long and broad view, along with a coherent critique, which while it engages specialist academic also suits the book for an undergraduate audience.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Anthropos\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tPreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Paradox\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e The Scientific Sources of the Paradox\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTwo dimensions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTaxonomy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTypology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDarwin and Mendel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTwo Vocabularies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Power of the Ordinary Language Construct\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e The Political Sources of the Paradox\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSocial Categories and Their Names\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAfter the Civil War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDiscrimination\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe ‘One-Drop’ Rule\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCounter Trends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e International Pragmatism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Racial Convention\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tImplementing the Convention\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tOther International Action\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tNaming the Categories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Sociological Knowledge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTheoretical or Practical?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Chicago School\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIn World Perspective\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSocial Race?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Conceptions of Racism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tWriting History\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTeaching Philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTeaching Sociology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSociological Textbooks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPolitical Ends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Ethnic Origin and Ethnicity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCensus categories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAnthropology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tA New Reality?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tNomenclature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSociobiology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEthnic Origin as a Social Sign\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tComparative Politics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Current Sociology of Ethnicity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Collective Action\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Rediscovery of Weber’s 1911 Notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFour Propositions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tClosure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Human Capital Variable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Colour Variable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEthnic Preferences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tOpening relationships\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Paradox Resolved\u003cbr\u003e \tSelect Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042222309719,"sku":"9781782387176","price":15.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781782387176.jpg?v=1750953509","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/what-we-now-know-about-race-and-ethnicity-9781782387176","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}