The Mexican-American people : the Nation's second largest minority, Leo Grebler, Joan W. Moore [and] Ralph C. Guzman ; with Jeffrey L. Berlant [and others]

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The instance The Mexican-American people : the Nation's second largest minority, Leo Grebler, Joan W. Moore [and] Ralph C. Guzman ; with Jeffrey L. Berlant [and others] represents a material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.

Label

The Mexican-American people : the Nation's second largest minority, Leo Grebler, Joan W. Moore [and] Ralph C. Guzman ; with Jeffrey L. Berlant [and others]

Link

http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0706/73081931.html

Title remainder

the Nation's second largest minority

Statement of responsibility

Leo Grebler, Joan W. Moore [and] Ralph C. Guzman ; with Jeffrey L. Berlant [and others]

Instantiates

• The Mexican-American people : the Nation's second largest minority

Publication

• New York, Free Press, 1970

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 677-742) and index

Carrier category

volume

Carrier category code

• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

Part one : The setting. Introduction -- A preview of socioeconomic conditions -- Part two : Historical perspective. Introductory note -- The milieu of the Southwest -- The ebb and flow of immigration -- Patterns of work and settlement -- Part three : Socioeconomic conditions : a detailed portrait. Introductory note -- Distinctive population patterns -- The education gap -- Income differentials -- Occupations and jobs -- Jobs and earnings -- Housing conditions -- Residential segregation -- Part four : The individual in the social system. Introductory note -- The social worlds of Mexican Americans -- Social class and social mobility -- The family : variations in time and space -- Ethnic perceptions and relations : ingroup and outgroup -- Intermarriage as an index of assimilation -- The tenacity of ethnic culture -- Part five : The role of churches. Introductory note -- Dynamics of the Catholic Church : from pastoral to social concern -- Protestants and Mexicans -- Part six : Political interaction. Introductory note -- Contact with governmental agencies -- Ethnic organizations and leadership -- Political effectiveness -- Part seven : Summary and conclusions. Past trends and future outlook -- Appendixes. Derivation of data on Mexican Americans from the U.S. census -- Sample design for the Los Angeles school study -- Supplemental tables on the Los Angeles school study -- Multiple regression analysis of factors related to achievement (Los Angeles study) -- Estimates of the characteristics of poor and of non-poor Spanish-surname families and individuals in the Southwest, 1960 -- A note on occupational classifications -- The index of residential dissimilarity and problems of its use in this study -- Sample design and selection procedures for Mexican-American household interview surveys in Los Angeles and San Antonio -- Questionnaire for household surveys in Los Angeles and San Antonio -- Supplemental materials on the Roman Catholic Church -- Persons interviewed informally on field tours and in Los Angeles

Control code

ocm00090382

Dimensions

26 cm

Extent

xvii, 777 pages

Lccn

73081931

Media category

unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

• n

Other physical details

illustrations, forms, maps

Record ID

u5847

System control number

• (Sirsi) 35353
• (OCoLC)00090382