Still the Promised City? African-Americans and New Immigrants in Postindustrial New York

Name: Still the Promised City? African-Americans and New Immigrants in Postindustrial New York
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ISBN: 9780674000728

ISBN-10: 0674000722

ISBN-13: 9780674000728

Edition: 1996

Authors: Roger Waldinger

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This text addresses the question of why African-Americans have fared so poorly in securing unskilled jobs in the postwar era and why new immigrants have done well. It examines the changing relationships among race, immigration and social mobility.

Book details

List price: $33.50
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 11/15/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Acknowledgments



The New Urban Reality



People and Jobs



The Ethnic Division of Labor Transformed



The Making and Remaking of the Ethnic Niche



Who Gets the "Lousy" Jobs?



Who Gets the Good Jobs?



The Ethnic Politics of Municipal Jobs



Small Business: The Interplay of Economy and Ethnicity



Beyond Black and White



Shift-Share Analysis



Field Research Methods


Notes


Index