The nature of prejudice / Gordon W. Allport ; introduction. by Kenneth Clark, foreword by Thomas Pettigrew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allport, Gordon W. (Gordon Willard), 1897-1967.

Contributor:

Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, 1914-2005, writer of introduction.

Pettigrew, Thomas F., 1931- writer of preface.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prejudices.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (stamp) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxxii, 537 pages, 5 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

Unabridged, twenty-fifth anniversary edition.

Place of Publication:

Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1979.

Summary:

'The Nature of Prejudice' remains the standard work on discrimination. Now this classic study is offered in a special unabridged edition with a new introduction by Kenneth Clark of Columbia University and a new preface by Thomas Pettigrew of Harvard University.

Contents:

pt. 1: Preferential Thinking ; What is the problem? ; The normality of prejudgment ; Formation of in-groups ; Rejection of out-groups ; Patterning and extent of prejudice

pt. 2: Group Differences ; The scientific study of group differences ; Racial and ethnic differences ; Visibilty and strangeness ; Traits due to victimization

pt. 3: Perceiving and Thinking About Group Differences ; The cognitive process ; Linguistic factors ; Stereotypes in our culture ; Theories of prejudice

pt. 4: Sociocultural Factors ; Social structure and cultural pattern ; Choice of scapegoats ; The effect of contact

pt. 5: Acquiring Prejudice ; Conforming; The young child ; Later learning ; Inner conflict

pt. 6: The Dynamics of Prejudice ; Frustration ; Aggression and hatred ; Anxiety, sex, guilt ; Projection

pt. 7: Character Structure ; The prejudiced personality ; Demagogy ; The tolerant personality ; Religion and prejudice

pt. 8: Reducing group tensions ; Ought there to be a law?; Evaluation of programs ; Limitations and horizons.

Notes:

"Over 500,000 Copies Sold"--Cover.

Also contains prefaces to the 1954 and 1958 editions by Gordon W. Allport..

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy has embossed stamp "JB Library of Joanna Banks"

ISBN:

0201001780

9780201001785

0201001799

9780201001792

OCLC:

5336543

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