Race And Wealth Disparities Book

Preface     v
Introduction     xv
Origins of Global Wealth Disparities: A World History Case Study   James A. Quirin     1
Racial Differences in Wealth: A Brief Historical Overview   William J. Collins   Robert A. Margo     11
"Location, Location, Location": Residential Segregation and Wealth Disparity   M. Elizabeth Kirkland   Sheila Peters     23
Corporatism and Inequality: The Race to the Bottom (Line)   Bruce Barry   Jason Stansbury     41
A Selective Review of Sociological Perspectives on the Relationship Between Race and Wealth   Tony N. Brown   Daniel B. Cornfield     57
Federalism and Equity: Evolution of Federal Educational Policy   Kenneth K. Wong     71
History and Education: Mining the Gap: Historically Black Colleges as Centers of Excellence for Engaging Disparities in Race and Wealth   Roland Mitchell   Reavis Mitchell, Jr.     82
Wealth Whiteout: Creative Writers Confront Whites' Downward Mobility in America's Newest Gilded Age   Cecelia Tichi     110
Selling Identities: A Cultural Approach to Race and Identity Politics in the Postmodern Age   Edward Fischer     127
The "Currency" and "Purchase" of Literary Criticism   Dennis D. Kezar     138
Race and Wealth Disparity: The Role of Law and the Legal System   Beverly Moran   Stephanie M. Wildman     148
Index     167
Author Biographies     177