9.1 Readings for part ii—race and ethnicity

Reading list for part ii—race and ethnicity

A Suggestion on the Negro Problem . Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The American Journal of Sociology , Vol. 14, No. 1. (Jul., 1908), pp. 78-85.

The Negro Family: The Case for National Action. U.S. Department of Labor; Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy. The Negro Family: The Case for National Action. Office of Policy Planning and Research. United States Department of Labor, March 1965. (External Link)

Urban Conditions: General. Daniel P. Moynihan. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science , Vol. 371, Social Goals and Indicators for American Society, Volume 1. (May, 1967), pp. 159-177.

Have the Poor Been “Losing Ground”? Charles Murray. Political Science Quarterly , Vol. 100, No. 3. (Autumn, 1985), pp. 427-445.

Welfare and the Family: The U.S. Experience. Charles Murray. Journal of Labor Economics , Vol. 11, No. 1, Part 2: U.S. and Canadian Income Maintenance Programs. (Jan., 1993), pp. S224-S262.

Bad News for Charles Murray: Uneducated White Women Give Birth to More Babies Than Do Uneducated Black Women. The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education , No. 19. (Spring, 1998), pp. 68-69.

IQ and Income Inequality in a Sample of Sibling Pairs from Advantaged Family Backgrounds. Charles Murray. The American Economic Review , Vol. 92, No. 2, Papers and Proceedings of the One Hundred Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association. (May, 2002), pp. 339-343.

A Conversation with Charles Murray. Think Tank Transcripts: A Conversation With Charles Murray. (External Link)

Social Trends in America and Strategic Approaches to the Negro Problem. Gunnar Myrdal. Phylon (1940-1956), Vol. 9, No. 3. (3rd Qtr., 1948), pp. 196-214.

Population Problems and Policies. Gunnar Myrdal. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science , Vol. 197, Social Problems and Policies in Sweden. (May, 1938), pp. 200-215. Stable URL: (External Link)

Gunnar Myrdal on Population Policy in the Underdeveloped World (in Archives). Gunnar Myrdal. Population and Development Review , Vol. 13, No. 3. (Sep., 1987), pp. 531-540.

The Equality Issue in World Development. Gunnar Myrdal. The American Economic Review , Vol. 79, No. 6, Nobel Lectures and 1989 Survey of Members. (Dec., 1989), pp. 8-17.

Negro Home Life and Standards of Living (in Social Conditions and Problems). Robert E. Park. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science , Vol. 49, The Negro’s Progress in Fifty Years. (Sep., 1913), pp. 147-163.