American diversity [[electronic resource] ] : a demographic challenge for the twenty-first century / / edited by Nancy A. Denton and Stewart E. Tolnay

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910819435603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2002
• ISBN: 0-7914-8853-5; 0-585-49016-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (318 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): DentonNancy A; TolnayStewart Emory
• Disciplina: 305.8/00973
• Soggetti: Cultural pluralism; Minorities - United States - Social conditions; Ethnicity - United States; United States Population Congresses; United States Ethnic relations Congresses; United States Race relations Congresses
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Papers presented at the 13th annual Albany Conference, "American diversity: a democratic challenge for the twenty-first century."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: ""American Diversity""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Multicultural Insights from the Study of Demography by Nancy A. Denton and Stewart E. Tolnay""; ""Part I: Population: The Initial Numbers""; ""1. The Social Construction of Race and Ethnicity: Some Examples from Demography by Mary C. Waters""; ""2. Race and Ethnic Population Projections: A Critical Evaluation of Their Content and Meaning by Charles Hirschman""; ""Part II: Basic Demographic Processes and Diversity""; ""3. The New Immigration and Ethnicity in the United States by Douglas S. Massey""""4. Racial and Ethnic Fertility Differentials in the United States by Gray Swicegood and S. Philip Morgan""; ""5. Mortality Differentials in a Diverse Society by Richard G. Rogers""; ""Part III: Life Cycle and Diversity""; ""6. Housing Segregation: Policy Issues for an Increasingly Diverse Society by Michael J. White and Eileen Shy""; ""7. ; Education and Employment in a Diverse Society: Generating Inequality through the School-to-Work Transition by V. Joseph Hotz and Marta Tienda""; ""8. Ethnic and Racial Intermarriage in the United States: Old and New Regimes by Gillian Stevens and Michael K. Tyler""""9. Sixty-five Plus in the U.S.A. by Cynthia M. Taeuber""; ""Part IV: Implications and Conclusions""; ""10. Rethinking American Diversity: Conceptual and Theoretical Challenges for Racial and Ethnic Demography by Hayward Derrick Horton""; ""Contributors""; ""Name Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""Subject Index""; ""A""; ""B""""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""