| Racial Attitudes and Asian Pacific Americans: Demystifying the Model Minority Contributor(s): Kurotsuchi Inkelas, Karen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415979366 ISBN-13: 9780415979368 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $190.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2006 Annotation: This study examines the complex sources and implications of the racial attitudes of Asian Pacific American (APA) college students, who, as one of the fastest growing demographics in higher education enrollments, play an increasingly significant role in campus race relations. Drawing upon research on racial attitudes, racial/ethnic identity, and college impact theory, this study explores the views of APA students on such contemporary and controversial racial issues as affirmative action principles and practices, discrimination and social inequality, and racial/ethnic identification. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 305.899 |
| LCCN: 2006005447 |
| Series: Studies in Asian Americans: Reconceptualizing Culture, History, and Politics |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.3" W x 9.02" (0.96 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study examines the complex sources and implications of the racial attitudes of Asian Pacific American (APA) college students, who, as one of the fastest growing demographics in higher education enrollments, play an increasingly significant role in campus race relations. |