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...

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