The California cauldron : immigration and the fortunes of local communities William A.V. Clark

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, W. A. V. (William A. V.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--California--Cultural assimilation.

Immigrants.

Community life--California.

Community life.

Human geography--California.

Human geography.

Immigrants--California--Social conditions.

California--Ethnic relations.

California.

California--Population.

California--Emigration and immigration.

Local Subjects:

Community life--California.

Human geography--California.

Immigrants--California--Social conditions.

Immigrants--California--Cultural assimilation.

California--Population.

California--Ethnic relations.

California--Emigration and immigration.

Physical Description:

xv, 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Guilford Press, c1998.

Contents:

Pt. I. Introduction and background. 1. Introduction. 2. Theories and explanations for occupational segregation by sex. 3. Review of cross national studies of occupational segregation by sex Pt. II. Description of study data and occupational segregation statistics. 4. Comparability of data between countries and within countries over time. 5. Measuring occupational segregation. 6. Sensitivity of segregation statistics to degree of disaggregation in occupational classification. 7. Description of study regions Pt. III. Occupational segregation around the world The present situation. 8. Occupational segregation by sex based on data for six non agricultural occupations. 9. Occupational segregation by sex based on detailed occupational data: Inequality indices. 10. Occupational segregation by sex based on detailed occupational data: Extent to which occupations are male dominated or female dominated. 11. Occupations typically held by men and women. 12. Patterns in occupational segregation by sex based on combinations of different inequality statistics Pt. IV. Occupational segregation by sex around the world changes in the past two decades. 13. Recent changes in occupational segregation by sex based on inequality indices. 14. Recent changes in the extent to which male and female non agricultural labour forces are in gender dominated occupations. 15. Recent changes in the feminization of 17 important "male" and "female" occupations Pt. V. Main findings. 16. Summary and conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-217) and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives

ISBN:

1572304030 (hardcover)

OCLC:

39700490