Ethnic differences: schooling and social structure among the Irish, Italians, Jews, and Blacks in an American city, 1880-1935

Ethnic Differences, first published in 1989, explores how and why the Irish, Italians, Jews, and blacks of Providence, Rhode Island differed in their schooling and economic success. Drawing on evidence from thousands of students records of public, Catholic, and private schools, as well as on census...

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Beteilige Person: Perlmann, Joel (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1988
Schriftenreihe:Interdisciplinary perspectives on modern history
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511572463
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511572463
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511572463
Zusammenfassung:Ethnic Differences, first published in 1989, explores how and why the Irish, Italians, Jews, and blacks of Providence, Rhode Island differed in their schooling and economic success. Drawing on evidence from thousands of students records of public, Catholic, and private schools, as well as on census manuscripts, city directories, and other sources, the book offers an integrated study of American ethnicity, education, and social structure. Joel Perlmann examines the extent to which differing career patterns, and reconsiders the relation between ethnicity and social class
Beschreibung:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Umfang:1 online resource (xi, 327 pages)
ISBN:9780511572463
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511572463