Recommended Readings

  • Bluestone, Barry, & Harrison, Bennet. 1982. The Deindustrialization of America. New York: Basic Books.

    • The classic analysis of the shift from a manufacturing to a service-based, information society

  • Feagin, Joe R., & Feagin, Clairece Booher. 1986. Discrimination American Style: Institutional Racism and Sexism. Malabar, FL: Robert E. Krieger.

    • A comprehensive and provocative look at modern institutional discrimination

  • Geschwender, James A. 1978. Racial Stratification in America. Dubuque, IA: William C. Brown.

  • Wilson, William J. 1973. Power, Racism, and Privilege: Race Relations in Theoretical and Sociohistorical Perspectives. New York: Free Press.

  • Woodward, C. Vann. 1974. The Strange Career of Jim Crow (3rd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

    • Three outstanding analyses of black-white relations in the United States, with a major focus on the historical periods covered in this chapter

  • Pincus, Fred. 2003. Reverse Discrimination: Dismantling the Myth. Boulder, CO: Lynne Reiner.

    • A compact, masterful review of the myths and realities surrounding affirmative action

  • Kennedy, Randall. 2013. For Discrimination: Race, Affirmative Action, and the Law. New York: Pantheon Books

    • A penetrating analysis of the pros and cons of Affirmative action by a Harvard Law professor.

  • Wilkerson, Isabel. 2010. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration. New York: Vintage Books

    • A beautifully written, deeply moving account of the movement of African Americans out of the South