Long Time Coming: Racial Inequality In The Nonmetropolitan South, 1940-1990 (RURAL STUDIES SERIES OF THE RURAL SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY) - Hardcover

Fossett, Mark A ; Seibert, M. Therese

9780813389325: Long Time Coming: Racial Inequality In The Nonmetropolitan South, 1940-1990 (RURAL STUDIES SERIES OF THE RURAL SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY)

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ISBN 10: 0813389321 ISBN 13: 9780813389325

Publisher: Routledge, 1997

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The authors investigate trends in racial inequality in occupational attainment in rural areas of the South since 1940. Drawing on data from the six censuses spanning the last five decades, they examine how inequality varies across local areas and how it has changed over time in different local areas. While modest reductions in inequality have been observed in recent decades, the authors document that racial inequality in rural areas of the South persists at very high levels to the present day.Guided by structural-demographic theory, the authors investigate the connections between inequality and important changes taking place in the economic and social structures of rural communities of the South. They conclude that inequality is linked, sometimes in unexpected ways, with economic growth, urbanization and the decline of agricultural employment, the movement of women into the labor force, increasing minority educational attainment, and changes in racial demography. The authors investigate trends in racial inequality in occupational attainment in rural areas of the South since 1940. Drawing on data from the six censuses spanning the last five decades, they examine how inequality varies across local areas and how it has changed over time in different local areas. While modest reductions in inequality have been observed in recent decades, the authors document that racial inequality in rural areas of the South persists at very high levels to the present day.Guided by structural-demographic theory, the authors investigate the connections between inequality and important changes taking place in the economic and social structures of rural communities of the South. They conclude that inequality is linked, sometimes in unexpected ways, with economic growth, urbanization and the decline of agricultural employment, the movement of women into the labor force, increasing minority educational attainment, and changes in racial demography.

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Mark A. Fossett is associate professor of sociology at Texas A&M University. M. Therese Seibert is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Virginia. Mark A. Fossett is associate professor of sociology at Texas A&M University. M. Therese Seibert is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Virginia.

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