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Scott Cummings: "Self-Help in Urban America: Patterns of Minority Economic Development" (Book Review)
Contemporary Sociology, v 11(1), pp 89-89
01 Jan 1982
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Abstract
This collection of essays about how some ethnic immigrants have responded to urban and industrial life in the United States purports to challenge the orthodox assumptions of sociology, history, and economics that "rugged individualism" has been the major force influencing ethnic economic development in this country. The ten authors contend that under certain conditions, ethnic minorities have responded collectively to the social and economic conditions facing them. Each essay documents the creation and maintenance of various self-help organizations to deliver social services, provide life insurance benefits, purchase real estate, and found and finance small businesses.
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- Title
- Scott Cummings: "Self-Help in Urban America: Patterns of Minority Economic Development" (Book Review)
- Creators
- Susan Bell
- Publication Details
- Contemporary Sociology, v 11(1), pp 89-89
- Publisher
- American Sociological Association; Washington, D.C
- Number of pages
- 1
- Resource Type
- Review
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Sociology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1982MX15800095
- Other Identifier
- 991020638371504721
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