Desegregation : : Resistance and Readiness / / Melvin Marvin Tumin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Tumin, Melvin Marvin,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1958
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 2003
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (290 p.)

"The most critical dimension of desegregation in our region is found in the attitudes of members of the dominant white communities. Melvin Tumin, a sociology professor at Princeton University, and eleven associates. have done a first-rate job mapping this vital dimension in an opinion study of citizens of Guilford County, North Carolina. the best effort yet to plumb citizens' attitudes on this agonizing modern problem."-Reading Guide, Law Library of University of Virginia.Originally published in 1958.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter I. Background of the Study -- Chapter II. Attitudes Toward the Negro and Desegregation -- Chapter III. Eleven Factors Which Influence Attitudes: A Selection -- Chapter IV. Education and Attitudes Toward Desegregation -- Chapter V. Education and Attitudes, with other Factors Held Constant -- Chapter VI. Exposure to Mass Media and Attitudes Toward Desegregation -- Chapter VII. Exposure to Mass Media and Attitudes, with other Factors Held Constant -- Chapter VIII. Occupation, Mobility, and Attitudes Toward Desegregation -- Chapter IX. Occupation, Mobility, and Attitudes, with other Factors Held Constant -- Chapter X. The Quality and Role of Leaders in the Process of Desegregation -- Chapter XI. Two Collective Portraits: The Hard Core and Those Who are Ready -- Chapter XII. Ten Major Findings and Their Implications -- Appendices