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Informationen zum Autor Stanley Lieberson! Professor of Sociology! University of Arizona! is one of the leading scholars in the area of race and ethnic relations and has published extensively in the field. Klappentext There is little question that the descendants of the new European immigrant groups from Southern! Central! and Eastern Europe have done very well in the United States! reaching levels of achievement far above blacks. Yet the new Europeans began to migrate to the United States in 1880! a time when blacks were no longer slaves. Why have the new immigrants fared better than the blacks? This volume focuses on the historical origins of the current differences between the groups. Zusammenfassung States that there is little question that the descendants of the new European immigrant groups from Southern, Central, and Eastern Europe have done very well in the United States, reaching levels of achievement far above blacks. This book focuses on the historical origins of the current differences between the groups. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments 1. The Problem: Black-New European Differences Part I: Structural Background 2. The Initial Conditions 3. Government: Black Participation and Power 4. Government: The New European Groups 5. Legal and Political Issues Part II: Socioeconomic Conditions 6. Education 7. Education in the North 8. Further Analyses of Education in the North 9. Residential Segregation 10. Earning a Living: 1900 11. Occupational Trends Earlier in this Century Part III: Conclusions 12. Conclusions References Index
