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The New Race Question : How the Census Counts Multiracial Individuals /

This volume is derived from a September 2000 conference held at the Levy Economics Institute, bringing together scholars from sociology, demography, political science, history, and American studies, adn government officials from several important federal agencies, to debate the past and future of co...

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Autor Corporativo: Jerome Levy Economics Institute
Otros Autores: Perlmann, Joel (Editor ), Waters, Mary C. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. : The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, 2002.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Title Page; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction / Joel Perlmann and Mary C. Waters; Part I. What Do We Know From Counting Multiracials?; Chapter 1. Racial Identities in 2000: The Response to the Multiple-Race Response Option / Reynolds Farley; Chapter 2. Does It Matter How We Measure? Racial Classification and the Characteristics of Multiracial Youth / David R. Harris; Chapter 3. Mixed Race and Ethnicity in California / Sonya M. Tafoya; Part II. How Much Will It Matter?
  • Chapter 4. Back in the Box: The Dilemma of Using Multiple-Race Data for Single-Race Laws / Joshua R. Goldstein and Ann J. MorningChapter 5. Inadequacies of Multiple-Response Race Data in the Federal Statistical System / Roderick J. Harrison; Chapter 6. The Legal Implications of a Multiracial Census / Nathaniel Persily; Part III. A Multiracial Future?; Chapter 7. American Indians: Clues to the Future of Other Racial Groups / C. Matthew Snipp; Chapter 8. Census Bureau Long-Term Racial Projections: Interpreting Their Results and Seeking Their Rationale / Joel Perlmann
  • Chapter 9. Recent Trends in Intermarriage and Immigration and Their Effects on the Future Racial Composition of the U.S. Population / Barry Edmonston, Sharon M. Lee, and Jeffrey S. PasselPart IV. The Politics of Race Numbers; Chapter 10. History, Historicity , and the Census Count by Race / Matthew Frye Jacobson; Chapter 11. What Race Are You? / Werner Sollors; Chapter 12. Counting By Race: The Antebellum Legacy / Margo J. Anderson; Chapter 13. The Origins of Official Minority Designation / Hugh Davis Graham
  • Chapter 14. Lessons from Brazil: The Ideational and Political Dimensions of Multiraciality / Melissa NoblesChapter 15. Reflections on Race, Hispanicity and Ancestry in the U.S. Census / Nathan Glazer; Chapter 16. Multiracialism and the Administrative State / Peter Skerry; Chapter 17. Multiple Racial Identifiers in the 2000 Census, and Then What? / Jennifer L. Hochschild; Chapter 18. Race in the 2000 Census: A Turning Point / Kenneth Prewitt; Appendix. Bridging from Old to New