Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1. Types of majority-minority situations -- 2. Three approaches to race : the mystical, the administrative, and the biological -- 3. The personality functions of prejudice and discrimination -- 4. Prejudice and discrimination as weapons in group conflict -- 5. The cultural factor in prejudice and discrimination -- 6. The consequences of prejudice and discrimination : the responses of minority-group members -- 7. The consequences of prejudice : types of adjustment to prejudice and discrimination -- 8. The consequences of prejudice : effects on prejudiced persons and dominant groups -- 9. Anti-Semitism : a case study in prejudice and discrimination : the sociology of Anti-Semitism -- 10. Anti-Semitism : a case study in prejudice and discrimination : the social psychology of Anti-Semitism -- 11. Majority-minority relations and social stratification -- 12. Minorities in the economy of the United States -- 13. Minorities in the economy of the United States (continued) -- 14. Minorities and the American political and legal processes -- 15. Minorities and the American political and legal processes (continued) -- 16. Family patterns of minorities -- 17. Intermarriage : interracial, interfaith, and international -- 18. Minorities and religion -- 19. The education of racial and cultural minorities in the United States -- 20. The education of racial and cultural minorities in the United States (continued) -- 21. Minorities and art -- 22. The reduction of prejudice and discrimination : changing the prejudiced person -- 23. The reduction of prejudice and discrimination : strategies with major emphasis on changing situations.