Encyclopedia Of Racism In The United States

Min (sociology, Queens College and Graduate School, City U. of New York) and 32 contributors address the deep and too often buried history of racism in the U.S. in 447 entries. The broad themes are social-science concepts and theories, events, prejudice and discrimination in various areas of life, minority groups and leaders, government participation in both discrimination and its prevention, and major books that either supported or exposed racism. Twenty-five of the entries deal at greater length with complex and significant topics such as Affirmative Action, Brown v. Board of Education, economics and the politics of race, racial oppression in the U.S., and patterns of American Nativism. The entries are signed and include cross references and a brief bibliography. A group of 26 original documents is included in volume three. Annotation c2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Pyong Gap Min is Professor of Sociology at Queens College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York. A prolific author and editor, he has taught courses on race and ethnic relations, marriage and the family, and Asian Americans and specializes in Korean and other Asian American immigrants.