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Inheriting the City

The Children of Immigrants Come of Age

By: Philip Kasinitz,John H. Mollenkopf,Mary C. Waters,Jennifer Holdaway

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Inheriting the City

The Children of Immigrants Come of Age

By: Philip Kasinitz,John H. Mollenkopf,Mary C. Waters,Jennifer Holdaway

From the publisher: Inheriting the City examines five immigrant groups to disentangle the complicated question of how they are faring relative to native-born groups, and how achievement differs between and within these groups. While some experts worry that these young adults would not do as well as previous waves of immigrants due to lack of high-paying manufacturing jobs, poor public schools, and an entrenched racial divide, Inheriting the City finds that the second generation is rapidly moving into the mainstream--speaking English, working in jobs that resemble those held by native New Yorkers their age, and creatively combining their ethnic cultures and norms with American ones. Far from descending into an urban underclass, the children of immigrants are using immigrant advantages to avoid some of the obstacles that native minority groups cannot.

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Harvard University Press

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0871544784

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Ethnic Options

Choosing Identities in America

By: Mary C. Waters

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Ethnic Options

Choosing Identities in America

By: Mary C. Waters

Mary Waters' admirable study of Americans' ethnic choices produces a rich social-scientific yield. Its theoretical interest derives from the American irony that while ethnicity is 'supposed to be' ascribed, many Americans are active in choosing and making their ethnic memberships and identities. The monograph is simultaneously objective and attentive to subjective meaning, simultaneously quantitative and qualitative, and simultaneously sociological and psychological. Her research problems are well-conceived, and her findings important and well-documented. As ethnicity and race continue in their high salience in American society and politics, sound social-scientific studies like this one are all the more valuable."—Neil Smelser, co-editor of The Social Importance of Self-Esteem "One of the most sensible and elegant books about ethnicity in the United States that has ever been my great pleasure to read."—Andrew M. Greeley, University of Chicago "Skilled in both demographic and interviewing methods, Mary Waters makes ethnicity in contemporary America come alive. We learn how people construct their identities, and why. This is sociological research at its very best, and will be of interest to policy makers and educated Americans as well as to students and scholars in several disciplines."—Theda Skocpol, Harvard University "Perhaps the most intriguing question in the study of the 'old (European) immigration" is how the 4th, 5th and later generations who are the offspring of several intermarriages are choosing their ethnic identities from the several available to them. Professor Waters' clever mix of quantitative and qualitative research has produced some thoughtful and eminently sensible answers to that question, making her book required reading for students of ethnicity. Her work should also interest general readers concerned with their or their children's ethnic identity—or just curious about this yet little known variety of American pluralism."—Herbert J. Gans, Columbia University "Waters has produced a work with broad theoretical implications. The title . . . may be regarded as one of the first serious attempts to understand the dynamics of postmodern societies. Waters shows that ethnicity becomes transformed from as ascriptive into an achieved status, a voluntary construction of individual identity and group solidarity. Waters also shows that, in America at least, this increased flexibility is unavailable to racial minorities."—Jeffrey C. Alexander, University of California, Los Angeles "A theoretically informed and theoretically driven fine-grained analysis pooling ideas and issues in both ethnography and demography."—Stanley Lieberson, Harvard University "Thanks to Ethnic Options we have a much better understanding of the social and cultural significance of responses to the ancestry question on the 1980 census. By combining in-depth interviews with analysis of census data, Mary Waters puts flesh on the demographic bare bones. Her findings suggest that ethnicity is becoming less an ascribed trait, fixed at birth, than an 'option' that depends on circumstance, whim, and increasingly, the ethnicity of one's spouse."—Stephen Steinberg, author of The Ethnic Myth

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Univ of California Press

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ISBN 10

0520070836

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9780520070837

Black Identities

West Indian Immigrant Dreams and American Realities

By: Mary C. WATERS

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Black Identities

West Indian Immigrant Dreams and American Realities

By: Mary C. WATERS

The story of West Indian immigrants to the United States is generally considered to be a great success. Mary Waters, however, tells a very different story. She finds that the values that gain first-generation immigrants initial success--a willingness to work hard, a lack of attention to racism, a desire for education, an incentive to save--are undermined by the realities of life and race relations in the United States. Contrary to long-held beliefs, Waters finds, those who resist Americanization are most likely to succeed economically, especially in the second generation.

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Harvard University Press

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0674044940

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9780674044944

From Many Strands

Ethnic and Racial Groups in Contemporary America

By: Stanley Lieberson,Mary C. Waters

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From Many Strands

Ethnic and Racial Groups in Contemporary America

By: Stanley Lieberson,Mary C. Waters

The 1980 Census introduced a radical change in the measurement of ethnicity by gathering information on ancestry for all respondents, regardless of how long ago their forebears migrated to America, and by allowing respondents of mixed background to list more than one ancestry. The result, presented for the first time in this important study, is a unique and sometimes startling picture of the nation's ethnic makeup. From Many Strands focuses on each of the sixteen principal European ethnic groups, as well as on major non-European groups such as blacks and Hispanics. The authors describe differences and similarities across a range of dimensions, including regional distribution, income, marriage patterns, and education. While some findings lend support to the "melting pot" theory of assimilation (levels of educational attainment have become more comparable and ingroup marriage is declining), other findings suggest the persistence of pluralism (settlement patterns resist change and some current occupational patterns date from the turn of the century). In these contradictions, and in the striking number of respondents who report no ethnic background or report it incorrectly, Lieberson and Waters find evidence of considerable ethnic flux and uncover the growing presence of a new, "unhyphenated American" ethnic strand in the fabric of national life. A Volume in the Russell Sage Foundation Census Series

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Russell Sage Foundation

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ISBN 10

1610443578

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9781610443579

Art and Science of Social Research

Second Edition with Ebook, InQuizitive, Writing for Sociology Tutorials, and Author Videos

By: Carr, Deborah,Boyle, Elizabeth Heger,Cornwell, Benjamin,Correll, Shelley,Crosnoe, Robert,Freese, Jeremy,Waters, Mary C.

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Art and Science of Social Research

Second Edition with Ebook, InQuizitive, Writing for Sociology Tutorials, and Author Videos

By: Carr, Deborah,Boyle, Elizabeth Heger,Cornwell, Benjamin,Correll, Shelley,Crosnoe, Robert,Freese, Jeremy,Waters, Mary C.

Written by a team of internationally renowned sociologists with experience in both the field and the classroom, The Art and Science of Social Research offers authoritative and balanced coverage of the full range of methods used to study the social world. The authors highlight the challenges of investigating the unpredictable topic of human lives while providing insights into what really happens in the field, the laboratory, and the survey call center.

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W.W. Norton & Company

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0393537528

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9780393537529

BLACK IDENTITIES

By: Mary C. WATERS

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BLACK IDENTITIES

By: Mary C. WATERS

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0674007247

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9780674007246

The Art and Science of Social Research

First Edition

By: Deborah Carr,Elizabeth Heger Boyle,Benjamin Cornwell,Shelley Correll,Robert Crosnoe,Jeremy Freese,Mary C Waters

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The Art and Science of Social Research

First Edition

By: Deborah Carr,Elizabeth Heger Boyle,Benjamin Cornwell,Shelley Correll,Robert Crosnoe,Jeremy Freese,Mary C Waters

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0393911586

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9780393911589

The Collected Verse of Mary Gilmore

By: Mary Gilmore

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The Collected Verse of Mary Gilmore

By: Mary Gilmore

AU Author. Mary Gilmore was Australia's foremost woman poet during the first half of the twentieth century and it was as a poet that she wanted to be remembered when she died in 1962. More attention however has been given in recent years to her long and eventful life, her role as feminist, her championing of Australian literature as an instrument of national identity and her activism for various forms of social justice. This two-volume edition honours her wishes by bringing together for the first time all of Mary Gilmore's copious published poetry. Volume one covers the period from 1887 to 1929. These poems reflect her affiliation to the Bulletin in the value placed on pioneering bush traditions, the Australian working man, and the ANZAC tradition, but are also vitally and distinctively interested in the roles and rights of women.

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070223592X

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9780702235924

Reel Life, Real Life

A Video Guide for Personal Discovery

By: Mary Ann Horenstein

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Reel Life, Real Life

A Video Guide for Personal Discovery

By: Mary Ann Horenstein

REEL LIFE - REAL LIFE is a video guide with a difference. Whether you are looking for a movie that will help you probe the mysteries of love & sex, appreciate the demands & rewards of striving for personal fulfillment or face the challenges of serious illness, you will find guidance in these pages. The four authors, life-long film buffs, have pooled their professional experience in social work, education, & journalism to prepare more than 700 penetrating reviews of feature films. Including classics of the early cinema & the latest video releases, these movies provide valuable insights into 17 major life issues & situations, from aging to substance abuse. Other chapters include Family, Marriage & Divorce, Homosexuality, Friendship, Coming of Age, Prejudice, Violence & Rape, Feisty Women, Single Life, Taking a Stand, Mental Illness & War. The authors also offer their personal selection of "popcorn" movies - movies that promise pure entertainment for those moments when everyone longs to be transported by laughter, fantasy or adventure. Call Mary Ann Horenstein at 800-900-REEL for information or send a check for $12.95 plus $2.50 mailing costs to Fourth Write Press, P.O. Box 156, Kendall Park, NJ 08824-0156. Quantity discounts available.

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0964315408

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Book's by Mary C. Waters

Inheriting the City

Inheriting the City

Ethnic Options

Ethnic Options

Black Identities

Black Identities

From Many Strands

From Many Strands

Art and Science of Social Research

Art and Science of Social Research

BLACK IDENTITIES

BLACK IDENTITIES

The Art and Science of Social Research

The Art and Science of Social Research

The Collected Verse of Mary Gilmore

The Collected Verse of Mary Gilmore

Reel Life, Real Life

Reel Life, Real Life

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