Ethnic Studies Review
Orginal Publication Date
1998
Journal Title
Ethnic Studies Review
Volume
21
Issue
esr/vol21/iss1
First Page
146
Last Page
148
Abstract
Students of race and ethnic relations have used two perspectives to explain the effects of industrialization on dominant and subordinate relations. One view holds that the process of industrialization results in individuals becoming detached from associations based in race and ethnicity as their life chances are determined by their participation and position in the economic order. A second perspective suggests that industrialization inevitably leads to tension and hostility between groups because they are forced to compete for scarce resources. The articles in Waterfront Workers: New Perspectives on Race and Class attempt to bridge the gap between these conflicting perspectives by suggesting that both may apply, as longshoremen who are racially and ethnically different attempt to adjust to social changes in their occupational setting.
Rights
Copyright ©ESR, The National Association for Ethnic Studies, 1998
Comments
The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Conference Perspectives and Retrospectives