Awakening Minorities
Author | : John R. Howard |
Publisher | : Transaction Publishers |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : |
ISBN-10 | : 1412817781 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781412817783 |
Rating | : 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Download or read book Awakening Minorities written by John R. Howard and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new, entirely revamped edition of the immensely popular reader Awakening Minorities, published in 1970, provides a status report on these social groups. What has a decade meant to them? How have changes in the sociopolitical and economic environments affected the ways in which these groups pursue their objectives? In his new and thoughtful introductory essay to this second edition John Howard provides a historical context for the articles appearing in this volume. The issues of the 1980s are different from those of the 1960s, and for these articles to be fully understood they have to be placed against the broad unfolding of race issues, problems, and dilemmas in American history. The recent economic situation has produced an analytic framework less hospitable to public investment in meliorative programs for minority groups. The presence of large numbers of new immigrants-- Koreans, Philippines, and Indians--interested in entrepreneurialindependence is contrasted with the problems of the older minority groups.