{"product_id":"racially-mixed-people-in-america-9780803941021","title":"Racially Mixed People in America","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecipient of the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in the United States 1993 Outstanding Book Award America has been the breeding ground of a \"biracial baby boom\" for the past 25 years. Unfortunately  there has been a dearth of information regarding how racially mixed people identify and view themselves and how they relate to one another. Racially Mixed People in America steadily bridges this gap and offers a comprehensive look at the social and psychological adjustment of mixed-race people  models for identity development  contemporary immigration and marriage patterns  and methodological issues involved in conducting research with mixed-race people  all in the context of Americas mixed race past and present. Including contributions by ethnohistorians  psychologists  and sociologists  this powerful volume will provide the reader a tool for examining ideologies surrounding race  race relations  and the role of social science in the deconstruction of race. Racially Mixed People in America is essential reading for researchers and practitioners in cross-cultural studies  psychology  family studies  sociology  and social work. \"Racially Mixed People in America is not just a feel good affirmation of mixed race people. It offers explanations of how possibly the constructed notions of race operate in our society through an examination of mixed race people from the margins of psychological and sociological studies to the center of race relations discourse. This  perhaps  is its greatest contribution.\" --Amerasia Journal \"A compendium of articles on the experiences and identities of racially mixed people  it takes a scholarly approach to understanding the issues of racial identity. It is a book we highly recommend for an overview of the psychological implications of the personal conflicts inherent in multiracial identity.\" --Minority Markets Alert \"Maria P. P. Root and her coauthors have performed a service to society in general and to biracial\/multiracial people and families in particular. By dispelling myths and showing the biracial\/multiracial experience to be a healthy  normal one  the book will help demolish barriers of fear and ignorance and will  hopefully  enable all of us to banish the lingering miasma of obsolete concepts.\" --Joe Cunningham  The Interracial Club Newsletter \"An especially timely and well-documented book. Recommended to mental health professionals who wish to heighten their sensitivity in working with racially mixed people.\" --Readings: A Journal of Review and Commentary in Mental Health Racially Mixed People in America is an important book  effectively presenting a comprehensive  multidisciplinary examination by ethnohistorians  psychologists and sociologists of Americas multiracial past and present.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648168190005,"sku":"ByrdShop_0803941021","price":148.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780803941021.jpg?v=1781711297","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/racially-mixed-people-in-america-9780803941021","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}