Many of the papers presented in this collection (the second of two volumes) were presented during a research conference on racial trends in the US held in October 1998 in Washington DC. The contributors are academics in public policy, sociology, Afro-American studies, economics, business, American history, law, pediatrics, psychology, Asian American studies, Latino Studies, and anthropology. This second volume contains papers that consider the issue of race in terms of trends in several areas, including justice, labor, income, and health. Individual papers consider racial trends in the US labor market for men and women, trends in minority-owned business, wealth and racial stratification, racial and ethnic differences in health, and health-care use in the Veterans Health Administration. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)