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The Boston Renaissance Race, Space, and Economic Change in an American Metropolis / Barry Bluestone and Mary Huff Stevenson, [editors] ; with contributions from Michael Massaagli, Philip Moss, and Chris Tilly.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Multi city study of urban inequality.
- The multi city study of urban inequality
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boston (Mass.)--Population.
- Boston (Mass.).
- Boston (Mass.)--Race relations.
- Boston (Mass.)--Ethnic relations.
- Boston (Mass.)--Economic conditions.
- Boston (Mass.)--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (476 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume documents metropolitan Boston's metamorphosis from a casualty of manufacturing decline in the 1970s to a paragon of the high-tech and service industries in the 1990s.The city's rebound has been part of a wider regional renaissance, as new commercial centers have sprung up outside the city limits.
- Contents:
- Contents ; About the Authors ; Preface ; Chapter 1. Greater Boston in Transition ; Chapter 2. The Demographic Revolution: From White Ethnocentric to Multicultural Boston ; Chapter 3. The Industrial Revolution: From Mill-Based to Mind-Based Industries ; Chapter 4. The Spatial Revolution: From Hub to Metropolis ; Chapter 5. Who We Are: How Families Fare in Greater Boston Today ; Chapter 6. What Do Boston-Area Residents Think of One Another? ; Chapter 7. Residential Preferences and Segregation ; Chapter 8. The Labor Market: How Workers with Limited Schooling Are Faring in Greater Boston
- Chapter 9. The Impact of Human, Social, and Cultural Capital on Job Slots and Wages Chapter 10. What Do Boston Area Employers Seek in Their Workers? ; Chapter 11. Sharing the Fruits of Greater Boston's Renaissance ; Notes ; References ; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61044-071-4
- OCLC:
- 905604687
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