The declining significance of race : [electronic resource] Blacks and changing American institutions / William Julius Wilson.

Bibliography: p. 219-233.

Includes index.

From racial oppression to economic class subordination -- Slavery and plantation hegemony -- Segregation and the rise of the white working class -- Industrial expansion and dispersed racial conflict -- Modern industrialization and the alteration of competitive race relations -- Protests, politics, and the changing Black class structure -- The declining significance of race -- Epilogue: race, class, and public policy.