"Essential reading for the citizen who wishes to be informed about the ethnic transformation that British society is experiencing." Philip Rees, Professor Emeritus, University of Leeds "This collection makes a timely and scholarly intervention in debates on ethnic identities and inequality in Britain. Through scholarship and sober reason it provides a vital counterweight to the presuppositions, priors and prejudices too common in the public debate. An invaluable contribution." Professor Michael Keith, Director, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society "Carefully written, beautifully illustrated, accurately analysed, expertly argued - what more could you ask for?" Danny Dorling, University of Oxford "Fifty years on from the first Race Relations Act, this important and timely book traces the continuities and changes in ethnicity in Britain." Claire Alexander, Professor of Sociology, Manchester University