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Author Shipler, David K., 1942-

Title A country of strangers : blacks and whites in America / David K. Shipler
Edition First edition
Published New York : Knopf, 1997

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 W'PONDS  305.800973 Shi/Cos  AVAILABLE
Description xii, 607 pages ; 25 cm
Contents Introduction: The Color Line -- Pt. 1. Origins. 1. Integration: Together and Separate. 2. Mixing: The Stranger Within. 3. Memory: The Echoes of History -- Pt. 2. Images. 4. Body: Dark Against the Sky. 5. Mind: Through a Glass, Darkly. 6. Morality: Black Heat, White Cold. 7. Violence: The Mirror of Harm. 8. Power: The Natural Order -- Pt. 3. Choices. 9. Decoding Racism. 10. Acting Affirmatively. 11. Breaking the Silence. 12. A Country of Strangers
Analysis Affirmative action
Blacks
Overseas item
Race relations
Racial discrimination
Social integration
Stereotypes
United States
Whites
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [571]-587) and index
Subject Race discrimination -- United States.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- United States.
SUBJECT United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
LC no. 97002810
ISBN 0394589750 (alk. paper)