Race, Class, and Gender - Softcover

Andersen, Margaret L.; Hill Collins, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534568920 ISBN 13: 9780534568924

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2000

Synopsis

Included in RACE, CLASS, AND GENDER are 73 interdisciplinary readings. The authors provide articles that are highly readable, articles that show how race, class, and gender shape people's experiences, and help students to see the issues in an analytic, as well as descriptive way. The book provides conceptual grounding in understanding race, class, and gender; it has a strong historical and sociological perspective; and it is strengthened by conceptual introductions by the authors. Students find the readings engaging and accessible. Included in the collection are narratives aimed at building empathy, and articles on social issues such as welfare reform, affirmative action, poverty, immigration, racism, etc. The past editions have continually been top-sellers.

About this title

About the Author:

Margaret L. Andersen (B.A., Georgia State University; M.A., Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst) is the Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor of Sociology at the University of Delaware, where she has also served in several senior administrative positions, including most recently as Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity. She holds secondary appointments in Black American Studies and Women and Gender Studies. She is the author of several books, including (among others) THINKING ABOUT WOMEN, recently published in its tenth edition; the best-selling anthology, RACE, CLASS, AND GENDER (co-edited with Patricia Hill Collins, now in its ninth edition); LIVING ART: THE LIFE OF PAUL R. JONES, AFRICAN AMERICAN ART COLLECTOR; and ON LAND AND ON SEA: A CENTURY OF WOMEN IN THE ROSENFELD COLLECTION. She is a member of the National Advisory Board for Stanford University's Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, the Past Vice President of the American Sociological Association, and Past President of the Eastern Sociological Society, from which she received the ESS Merit Award. She has also received two teaching awards from the University of Delaware and the American Sociological Association's Jessie Bernard Award.

Review:

"[The text] provides an excellent array of articles which deal substantively and reflexively with a range of issues involving race, class, and gender."

"The introductory essays effectively frame the issues."

"This is an excellent resource for the student."

"The articles [in this text] are well-edited, [of] sufficient length, and are accessible to undergraduate students."

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0534568920
• ISBN 13: 9780534568924
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 626