From Many Strands: Ethnic and Racial Groups in Contemporary America (The Population of the United States in the 1980s) - Softcover

Lieberson, Stanley; Waters, Mary C.

 
9780871545275: From Many Strands: Ethnic and Racial Groups in Contemporary America (The Population of the United States in the 1980s)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0871545276 ISBN 13: 9780871545275
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation, 1990

Synopsis

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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About the Author

STANLEY LIEBERSON is professor of sociology at Harvard University. MARY C. WATERS is assistant professor of sociology at Harvard University.

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Publisher
Russell Sage Foundation
Publication date
1990
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0871545276
ISBN 13 
9780871545275
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
304

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