num_pages: 251
description: When first published in 1980, The Declining Significance of Race immediately sparked controversy with its contentious thesis that race was becoming less of a deciding factor in the life chances of black Americans than class.
language: English
title: The Declining Significance of Race : Blacks and Changing American Institutions
titlecomplete: The Declining Significance of Race : Blacks and Changing American Institutions
genres: Sociology, American, History, Economics, Education, Class, Grad School, Race, Politics, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 190
publisher: University of Chicago Press