Still the Promised City?

Still the Promised City?
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 388
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ISBN-10 : 0674000722
ISBN-13 : 9780674000728
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Book Synopsis Still the Promised City? by : Roger David Waldinger

Download or read book Still the Promised City? written by Roger David Waldinger and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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