Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study [Hardcover]

Paula S. Rothenberg (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1997 | ISBN-10: 0312174292 | ISBN-13: 978-0312174293 | Edition: 4 Sub

Like its predecessors, this fourth edition of this classic work undertakes a study of the issues of race, gender, and sexuality within the context of class. In addition to 35 new readings, an entirely new section entitled "Us and Them: Becoming an American" has been added. This section compares and contrasts the triumphs and defeats of various racial and ethnic groups.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 604 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 4 Sub edition (September 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312174292
• ISBN-13: 978-0312174293
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,022,787 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Offers insightful perspectives and provokes discussion, March 13, 2000

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Joel Frank (Milwaukee, WI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Race, Class, And Gender In The United States: An Integrated Study (Paperback)

Rothenberg puts together an excellent collection of writings addressing issues of class, gender, and race. I have used this for classes in courses addressing social problems and diversity issues with much success. Students enjoy the variety of writing styles and viewpoints and are often anxious to respond. I strongly recommend this as a text and a resource.

21 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rothenberg and Zinn, August 23, 2001

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Sylvia J. Barksdale (Pittsburgh, PA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study (Hardcover)

A colleague of mine introduced me to this book in 1991 while we were teaching courses in women's issues and human diversity. I have since used this book -- every single edition -- as a required text in human diversity at three major universities. Currently I am teaching in a graduate social work program in a rural setting at a small state university and will be using this text again for the third consecutive year. The students have consistently rated this book highly because of the interesting articles that Ms. Rothenberg has included. They actually enjoy reading the book. The articles are informative, provocative and timeless and give the students an excellent historical context and lens through which they can analyze and understand some of the most burning and divisive contemporary issues. I am reminded of Howard Zinn. I hope Ms. Rothenberg continues to publish this rich material. She tells the true story!

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Outstanding Anthology for Use in College Courses, June 16, 2004

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Caridad Souza (Oneonta, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study (Hardcover)

Rothenberg's book is an excellent resource. I've used it for years and it simply gets better. Many of the authors are people engaged in race, class, and gender struggles as activists, policy-makers, scholars, and cultural workers who are familiar with the issues up close and personal. Unlike the right-in this country that engages in armchair analysis of these issues from overtly ideological perspective they deny and refuse to acknowledge as such, the authors in this anthology provide you with their politics upfront and then with an analysis or description of an issue that is always incisive and grounded in historical and cultural understandings about the multiple systems of domination that are so alive and present in U.S. society. Its diversity and range of perspective challenges you to redefine your approach to the categories of analysis and experience covered.