Offers a 1948 sociological analysis of race relations in the United States and the world
Introduction to Oliver C. Cox ix Adolph Reed, Jr. The Life and Career of Oliver C. Cox xix Herbert M. Hunter The Concept of Race Relations: An Introduction to Caste, Class, and Race 1(4) Race Relations---Its Meaning, Beginning, and Progress 5(34) A Definition 5(1) The Beginning of Racial Antagonism 6(24) The Progress of Racial Antagonism 30(9) Situations of Race Relations 39(42) The Stranger Situation 40(2) The Original-Contact Situation 42(1) The Slavery Situation 43(3) The Ruling-Class Situation 46(4) The Bipartite Situation 50(8) The Amalgamative Situation 58(5) The Nationalistic Situation 63(1) A Special Case? 64(4) Personality Factors 68(3) Crisis and Panic in Race Relations 71(1) The Eurasians 72(3) The White Woman 75(4) The Church and Race Relations 79(1) Plan for Resolving a Racial Situation 80(1) Race Prejudice, Intolerance, and Nationalism 81(33) Intolerance 81(1) Position of Jews and Negroes 82(1) The Problem of Assimilation 83(2) Negroes and Jews as Allies 85(2) Naturalness of Race Prejudice and Intolerance 87(3) A Restatement 90(1) Nationalism 91(5) Nationalism and Intolerance 96(2) Race Prejudice, Class Conflict, and Nationalism 98(16) Race and Caste 114(33) Race Relations Physical, Caste Cultural 114(4) Structure of Caste and Race Relations 118(2) Race and Caste Consciousness 120(2) Passing 122(1) Race Conflict Addressed to the System Itself 123(1) Race Attitudes Dynamic 124(1) Race Relations Pathological 125(3) The Church, a Factor 128(1) Education, a Factor 129(1) Occupation 130(3) Aspiration, a Factor 133(3) Race, Caste, and Intermarriage 136(1) Marriage Restriction Laws 137(2) Hypergamy 139(1) Endogamy 140(2) Race and Caste Stability 142(3) Dynamics of Race Relations 145(2) The Meaning of Heredity and Outcasting in Caste and Race Relations 147(9) The Problem 147(1) Nature of Heredity among Castes 148(2) Racial Differences 150(2) Outcasting 152(4) The New Orthodoxy in Theories of Race Relations 156(29) Robert E. Park 157(1) The Meaning of Race Relations 157(2) Race Prejudice 159(1) Caste and Race 160(3) The Mores and Race Relations 163(4) Poor Whites 167(1) An Estimate 168(4) Ruth Benedict 172(8) A Restatement 180(5) The Modern Caste School of Race Relations 185(21) The Hypothesis 185(3) Estimate of Basic Principles 188(6) Personality of Upper Class Negroes 194(4) The Social Organization of Negroes 198(3) Contribution of the School 201(5) An American Dilemma: A Mythical Approach to the Study of Race Relations 206(33) ``The Value Premise 207(5) The Caste Hypothesis 212(1) The Biological Problem 213(2) Rigidity of the Caste System 215(2) Mysticism 217(2) Poor Whites 219(2) The Ruling Class 221(3) Emphasis upon Sex 224(3) The Vicious Circle 227(12) The Area of Caste Society and Practical Value of the Concept 239(7) The System Limited 239(5) Practical Value of the Concept 244(2) The Race Problem in the United States 246(42) The Problem 246(1) The Problem of Assimilation 246(2) The Meaning of Assimilation 248(1) Lynching 249(18) The National Conscience 267(3) Changing Social Status 270(2) Negroes in the North 272(2) Negroes Approach to the Problem 274(1) The Problem of Negro Leadership 275(3) The Problem of White Leadership 278(10) Bibliography 288(7) Index 295
