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Still the promised city? : African-Americans and new immigrants in postindustrial New York / Roger Waldinger.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996.Description: x, 374 pages : 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780674000728
  • 0674000722
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.9747/1/00896073
LOC classification:
  • 002 F 128.9 W163s 1996
Contents:
Acknowledgments 1. The New Urban Reality 2. People and Jobs 3. The Ethnic Division of Labor Transformed 4. The Making and Remaking of the Ethnic Niche 5. Who Gets the "Lousy" Jobs? 6. Who Gets the Good Jobs? 7. The Ethnic Politics of Municipal Jobs 8. Small Business: The Interplay of Economy and Ethnicity 9. Beyond Black and White Appendix 1: Shift-Share Analysis Appendix 2: Field Research Methods Notes Index
Summary: Waldinger examines why African-Americans have fared so poorly in securing unskilled jobs in the postwar era and why new immigrants have done so well. Using New York to look at the relationships among race, immigration, and social mobility, Waldinger offers a new understanding of a serious social problem and fresh approaches to attacking it.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 002 F 128.9 W163s 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000052198

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments 1. The New Urban Reality 2. People and Jobs 3. The Ethnic Division of Labor Transformed 4. The Making and Remaking of the Ethnic Niche 5. Who Gets the "Lousy" Jobs? 6. Who Gets the Good Jobs? 7. The Ethnic Politics of Municipal Jobs 8. Small Business: The Interplay of Economy and Ethnicity 9. Beyond Black and White Appendix 1: Shift-Share Analysis Appendix 2: Field Research Methods Notes Index

Waldinger examines why African-Americans have fared so poorly in securing unskilled jobs in the postwar era and why new immigrants have done so well. Using New York to look at the relationships among race, immigration, and social mobility, Waldinger offers a new understanding of a serious social problem and fresh approaches to attacking it.

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