People of color in the United States : contemporary issues in education, work, communities, health, and immigration / Kofi Lomotey, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lomotey, Kofi, editor.

Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--United States--Encyclopedias.

Minorities.

Ethnology--United States--Encyclopedias.

Ethnology.

Immigrants--United States--Encyclopedias.

Immigrants.

Race relations.

Ethnic relations.

United States--Ethnic relations--Encyclopedias.

United States.

United States--Race relations--Encyclopedias.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2016]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This expansive, four-volume ready-reference work offers critical coverage of contemporary issues that impact people of color in the United States, ranging from education and employment to health and wellness and immigration. * Offers comprehensive coverage of contemporary issues for people of color in the United States that meets the needs of secondary librarians, teachers, and students for a variety of classes and standards -- * Presents A-Z entries within four broad themes that explore the social and economic issues that will support readers' understanding of the experiences of people of color in the United States -- * Includes debate essays highlighting a variety of viewpoints on key issues from scholars that provide readers with models of critical thinking -- * Contains up-to-date information appropriate for classes on history, sociology, psychology, geography, economics, urbanization, immigration and industrialization, and contemporary American society

Contents:

Volume 1. Education: K-12 and higher education / Kofi Lomotey, editor

volume 2. Employment, Housing, Family, and Community / Pamela Braboy Jackson, Muna Adem, Paulina X. Ruf, editors

volume 3. Health and Wellness / Valire Carr Copeland, editor

volume 4. Immigration and Migration / Alvaro Huerta, Norma Iglesias-Prieto, and Donathan L. Brown, editors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781610698559

161069855X

Publisher Number:

99983760547

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.