Economic Growth and Employment Opportunities for Minorities / Dale L. Hiestand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hiestand, Dale L., author.

Contributor:

Ginzberg, Eli.

Henning, John F.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1964]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A study on the economic growth and the employment opportunities for minorities in America during the twentieth century. Specifically examines the changes in employment patterns, growth and decline of occupational fields, the social and economic changes towards racial equality, the role and impact of minority manpower in occupations and industries, geographic trends and influence on opportunities, and technological changes in the economy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Foreword / Henning, John F.

Introduction / Ginzberg, Eli

Contents

Tables

I. Economic Growth and Minority Manpower

II. Minorities and Changing Employment Patterns

III. Minority Manpower and the Growth and Decline of Occupational Fields

IV. The Changing Position of Negro Workers

V. Minority Manpower in the Growth and Decline of Occupations and Industries; 1940-1950

VI. Minority Manpower and Occupational Trends in Selected States, 1940-1950

VII. Income Trends and Minorities as a Source of Manpower, 1940-1950

VIII. Technological Change and Minorities as a Source of Manpower, 1940-1950

IX. The Significance of Economic Growth for Minorities

Notes

Bibliography

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-231-88129-0

OCLC:

1100430911