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BL
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1017384
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b771754
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| Main Entry
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Cramer, Katherine J., (Katherine Jean)
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| Title & Author
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Talking about race : : community dialogues and the politics of difference /\ Katherine Cramer Walsh.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2007.
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| Series Statement
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Studies in communication, media, and public opinion
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1 online resource (xii, 344 pages).
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| ISBN
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0226869083
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: 9780226869087
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0226869067
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0226869075
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9780226869063
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9780226869070
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-331) and index.
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| Abstract
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It is a perennial question: how should Americans deal with racial and ethnic diversity? More than 400 communities across the country have attempted to answer it by organizing discussions among diverse volunteers in an attempt to improve race relations. In Talking about Race, Katherine Cramer Walsh takes an eye-opening look at this strategy to reveal the reasons behind the method and the effects it has in the cities and towns that undertake it. With extensive observations of community dialogues, interviews with the discussants, and sophisticated analysis of national data, Walsh shows that while.
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Discussion.
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Intergroup relations-- United States.
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Discussion.
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Intergroup relations.
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Race relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Discrimination Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Minority Studies.
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United States, Race relations.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.800973
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E184.A1W217 2007eb
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