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Still the promised city? : African-Americans and new immigrants in postindustrial New York by ROGER WALDINGER, Roger David Waldinger, Waldinger, Roger is a business book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Still the promised city? : African-Americans and new immigrants in postindustrial New York about?
Still the Promised City? addresses the question of why African-Americans have fared so poorly in securing unskilled jobs in the postwar era and why new immigrants have done so well. This insightful book uses New York as a prism to examine the changing relationships among race, immigration, and social mobility. Roger Waldinger's analysis offers a new understanding of America's most serious social problem and fresh approaches to attacking it.
Who reads Still the promised city? : African-Americans and new immigrants in postindustrial New York?
It is typically read by working professionals who need an authoritative practice reference.
Common subject areas: medicine, law, business, engineering.
- Author
- ROGER WALDINGER, Roger David Waldinger, Waldinger, Roger
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780674838611
- Category
- business
- Subjects
- Economics, History, Sociology
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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