The Boston renaissance : race, space, and economic change in an American metropolis /

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"In this book, Barry Bluestone and Mary Huff Stevenson analyze the economic, geographic, and demographic transformations that lie behind Boston's remarkable rebirth." "Boston's renaissance remains incomplete, and the authors recommend a range of workable policies to ensure t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Bluestone, Barry (Editor), Stevenson, Mary Huff, 1945- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2000.
Series:Multi city study of urban inequality.
Subjects:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Economic history.
Ethnic relations.
Population.
Race relations.
Social conditions
Ethnische Beziehungen
Soziale Situation
Wirtschaftliche Lage
Social Conditions.
Sociology & Social History.
Social Sciences.
Boston (Mass.) > Social conditions.
Boston (Mass.) > Economic conditions.
Boston (Mass.) > Ethnic relations.
Boston (Mass.) > Race relations.
Boston (Mass.) > Population.
Boston (Mass.) > Conditions sociales.
Boston (Mass.) > Conditions économiques.
Boston (Mass.) > Relations interethniques.
Boston (Mass.) > Relations raciales.
Massachusetts > Boston.
Boston, Mass.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Greater Boston in transition
  • The demographic revolution: from white ethnocentric to multicultural
  • The industrial revolution: from mill-based to mind-based industries
  • The spatial revolution: from hub to metropolis
  • Who we are: how families fare in Greater Boston today
  • What do Boston-Area residents think of one another? / Michael Massagli
  • Residential preferences and segreagtion / Michael Massagli
  • The labor market: how workers with limited schooling are faring in Greater Boston
  • The impact of human, social, and cultural capital on job slots and wages
  • What do Boston area emploers seek in their workers? / Philip Moss and Chriss Tilly
  • Sharing the fruits of Greater Boston's renaissance.

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