Ethnic Differences - Schooling and Social Structure Among the Irish, Italians, Jews, and Blacks in an American City, 1880 1935

This 1989 book explores how and why the Irish, Italians, Jews, and blacks of Providence, Rhode Island differed in their schooling and economic success.

List of contents

Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Background: the city, schooling, and social structure; 2. The Irish; 3. The Italians; 4. The Russian Jews; 5. The Blacks; Conclusion; Appendix. The research design, the data collection, and the use of regression analyses; Notes; Index.

Summary

Ethnic Differences, first published in 1989, explores how and why the Irish, Italians, Jews, and blacks of Providence, Rhode Island differed in their schooling and economic success. The book offers an integrated study of American ethnicity, education, and social structure.

Product details

• Authors: Joel Perelmann, Joel Perlmann
• Assisted by: Robert Fogel (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.08.2012
• EAN: 9780521389754
• ISBN: 978-0-521-38975-4
• No. of pages: 340
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 494 g
• Series: Ipmh
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous