Racism in Contemporary America

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Racism in Contemporary America is the largest and most up-to-date bibliography available on current research on the topic. It has been compiled by award-winning researcher Meyer Weinberg, who has spent many years writing and researching contemporary and historical aspects of racism. Almost 15,000 entries to books, articles, dissertations, and other materials are organized under 87 subject-headings. In addition, there are author and ethnic-racial indexes. Several aids help the researcher access the materials included. In addition to the subject organization of the bibliography, entries are annotated whenever the title is not self-explanatory. An author index is followed by an ethnic-racial index which makes it convenient to follow a single group through any or all the subject headings. This is a source book for the serious study of America's most enduring problem; as such it will be of value to students and researchers at all levels and in most disciplines.

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Weinberg's comprehensive bibliography cites a wealth of research on myriad topics relating to racism in contemporary America....This top-notch, timely bibliography, with numerous citations to pertinent research, will be essential for academic and large public libraries and for researchers.-Choice
"Weinberg's comprehensive bibliography cites a wealth of research on myriad topics relating to racism in contemporary America....This top-notch, timely bibliography, with numerous citations to pertinent research, will be essential for academic and large public libraries and for researchers."-Choice

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MEYER WEINBERG is Professor Emeritus in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst./e In addition to being active in the Chicago Civil Rights movement during the 1960s and 1970s, Professor Weinberg founded and edited Integrated Education magazine and the Research Review of Equal Education. He is the author of numerous books and articles on the subject of racism.