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Shades of Difference: A History of Ethnicity in America by Richard Rees
Call no: New Book Shelf E 184 A1 R426 2007
Reviewer: Tanya Carr, SWC Librarian

Richard Reese, university teacher of literature, writing and American Studies, takes an in-depth look at the diverse "schools" from which the concept of ethnicity in America has derived throughout history. By analyzing works in sociology, anthropolopgy, critical whiteness studies, and literary and race theory he offers new perspectives on the difference between race and ethnicity and how they developed in relation to one another. This book provides a detailed history of how today's concepts of ethnicity and race have emerged.