Book Description This best-selling anthology examines the interrelationship of race， class， and gender and explores how they have shaped the experiences of all people in the U.S. Drawing from an array of contemporary and historical readings， coupled with personal narratives from a diverse group of writers， this book helps students see the connections between personal experience and social institutions. The introductions to each of the sections provide continuity. By identifying central issues in the field， these introductions help students place the book's articles in context. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. About the Author Margaret L. Andersen (B.A.， Georgia State University; M.A.， Ph.D.， University of Massachusetts， Amherst) is Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at the University of Delaware. She is the co-editor of the best-selling anthology， RACE， CLASS AND GENDER， 6th ed. (Wadsworth， 2007; with Patricia Hill Collins)， author of THINKING ABOUT WOMEN: SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON SEX AND GENDER 7th ed. (Allyn and Bacon， 2006); SOCIOLOGY: UNDERSTANDING A DIVERSE SOCIETY， 4th ed. (Wadsworth， 2006; co-authored with Howard F. Taylor); SOCIOLOGY: THE ESSENTIALS， 4th ed. (Wadsworth， 2007; also co-authored with Howard F. Taylor)， UNDERSTANDING SOCIETY: AN INTRODUCTORY READER， 2E (Wadsworth， 2004; co-edited with Kim Logio and Howard F. Taylor)， and SOCIAL PROBLEMS (Addison Wesley Longman， 1997; coauthored with Frank R. Scarpitti and Laura L. O'Toole). She is a recipient of the University of Delaware's Excellence-in-Teaching Award and the College of Arts and Science Distinguished Teaching Award， former President of the Eastern Sociological Society， and Chair of the National Advisory Board for the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford University where she has been a Visiting Professor. She was recently selected at the 2004-05 SWS Feminist Lecturer， an award given annually to a social scientist who has made significant contributions to the study of women in society. Patricia Hill Collins is Wilson Elkins Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland， College Park， and Charles Phelps Taft Emeritus Professor of African American Studies and Sociology at the University of Cincinnati. She is the author of numerous articles and books including BLACK SEXUAL POLITICS: AFRICAN AMERICANS， GENDER AND THE NEW RACISM (Routhledge， 2004) and BLACK FEMINIST THOUGHT: KNOWLEDGE， CONSCIOUSNESS， AND THE POLITICS OF EMPOWERMENT (Urwin Hyman 1990; Rothledge， 2000) which won the Jessie Bernard Award of the American Sociological Association and the C. Wright Mills Award of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Her forthcoming book is FROM BLACK POWER TO HIP HOP: RACISM， NATIONALISM， AND FEMINISM (Temple University Press， 2005). --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.