The phenomenon of increasingly visible groups of immigrant entrepreneurs raises a host of questions. What are the causes of immigrant entrepreneurship? What are its consequences, especially as regards upward mobility and inter-ethnic relations? And what accounts for differences in entrepreneurship among ethnic groups? Ethnic Economies provides a broad overview of ethnicity and entrepreneurship, connecting it with broader studies of economic life.
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"It is easily the most comprehensive overview of what we know as ethnic economies... this is a must-have book..."
—ETHNIC AND RACIAL STUDIES
"This valuable interdisciplinary work is recommended for public, academic, and professional library collections."
—CHOICE
"Surveys, interprets, and contributes to what is known about ethic economies in the United States and Canada and their consequences."
—JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC LITERATURE
"...Light and Gold have made a meaningful contribution towards our understanding of the vital role played by ethnic groups."
—JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
"...their book is the most important attempt so far to provide a synthetic and coherent description... on immigrant's business activities..."
—DIASPORA
"Ethnic Economies turns out to be the long-awaited seminal reference for researchers, students, and policymakers..."
—JOURNAL OF AMERICAN ETHNIC HISTORY
"...Light and Gold leave students of ethnic economies with an elegant and comprehensive review of the literature.."
—CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGY
—ETHNIC AND RACIAL STUDIES
"This valuable interdisciplinary work is recommended for public, academic, and professional library collections."
—CHOICE
"Surveys, interprets, and contributes to what is known about ethic economies in the United States and Canada and their consequences."
—JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC LITERATURE
"...Light and Gold have made a meaningful contribution towards our understanding of the vital role played by ethnic groups."
—JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
"...their book is the most important attempt so far to provide a synthetic and coherent description... on immigrant's business activities..."
—DIASPORA
"Ethnic Economies turns out to be the long-awaited seminal reference for researchers, students, and policymakers..."
—JOURNAL OF AMERICAN ETHNIC HISTORY
"...Light and Gold leave students of ethnic economies with an elegant and comprehensive review of the literature.."
—CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGY
About the Author
Ivan Light has written extensively about ethnic economies, including his books Ethnic Enterprise in America (1972), Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Koreans in Los Angeles, 1965-1982 (1988), Comparative Immigration and Entrepreneurship (1993), and Race, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship in Urban America (1995). Steven Gold is the author of Jews from the Former Soviet Union in the US (1995) and Refugee Communities: A Comparative Field Study (1992).
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African American entrepreneurs had been unusually succesful in Tulsa, Oklahoma, converting the city's black community, Greenwood, into a showplace of enterprise and pride. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ethnic ownership economies, ethnic ownership economy, simple disadvantage theory, microcredit agencies, labor force disadvantage, ethnic economies, ethnic economy, coethnic employers, coethnic workers, ethnic capitalism, labor market disadvantage, ethnic enclave economy, general labor market, ethnoracial categories, ethnic resources, ethnic firms, middleman theory, ethnoracial minorities, ethnoracial groups, ethnic niches, employer firms, job capture, resource disadvantage, dual labor market theory, middleman minorities Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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ethnic ownership economies, ethnic ownership economy, simple disadvantage theory, microcredit agencies, labor force disadvantage, ethnic economies, ethnic economy, coethnic employers, coethnic workers, ethnic capitalism, labor market disadvantage, ethnic enclave economy, general labor market, ethnoracial categories, ethnic resources, ethnic firms, middleman theory, ethnoracial minorities, ethnoracial groups, ethnic niches, employer firms, job capture, resource disadvantage, dual labor market theory, middleman minorities Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Los Angeles, African Americans, Puerto Ricans, Japanese American, Grameen Bank, New York City, San Francisco, Third World, North America, World War, Bureau of the Census, Credit Issues, Timothy Bates, Middle Eastern, Soviet Jews, American Jewish, Critique of Class Theory, Hebrew Free Loan, Hong Kong, Ivan Light, Korean American, Macro Factors, Micro Dimensions, Mutual Assistance Associations New!
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- Social Capital: A Theory of Social Structure and Action (Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences) by Nan Lin on 4 pages
- The Informal Economy: Studies in Advanced and Less Developed Countries by Alejandro Portes in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Handbook of Economic Sociology by Neil J. Smelser in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Ethnic Los Angeles by Roger Waldinger in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Social Capital (Key Ideas) by John Field in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, Volume 22 by P.G. Coy on page 164, page 188, and Back Matter
- Asian Migrants and European Labour Markets: Patterns and Processes of Immigrant Labour Market Insertion in Europe (Routledge Research in Population and Migration) by Ernst Spaan on page 54, page 220, and page 259
- Cash For Your Trash: Scrap Recycling in America by Carl Zimring in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Fast Food, Fast Track: Immigrants, Big Business, And The American Dream by Jennifer Parker Talwar in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Strangers at the Gates: New Immigrants in Urban America by Roger Waldinger on page 115, and page 268
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