Sage Handbook of Race and Ethnic Studies by Patricia Hill Collins

What is the state of race and ethnic studies today? How has the field emerged? What are the core concepts, debates and issues? This panoramic, critical survey of the field supplies researchers and students with a vital resource. It is a rigorous, focused examination of the central questions in the field today. The text examines:

The roots of the field of race and ethnic studies

The distinction between race and ethnicity

Methodological issues facing researchers

The relationship between the field and more established disciplines

Intersections between race and ethnicity and questions of sexuality, gender, nation and social transformation

The challenge of multiculturalism

Race, ethnicity and globalization

Race and the family

Race and education

Race and religion

Issues for the 21st Century

Planned and edited by a distinguished team of Anglo-American scholars, the Handbook pools an impressive range of international world class expertise and insight.

It provides a landmark work in the field which will be the measure of debate and research for years to come."