Beyond the melting pot [electronic resource] : the Negroes, Puerto Ricans, Jews, Italians, and Irish of New York City / by Nathan Glazer and Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

"Publications of the Joint Center for Urban Studies." Discusses the problems minority groups have faced in New York City and each group's special characteristics.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ACLS)
Main Author: Glazer, Nathan
Other Authors: Moynihan, Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick), 1927-2003
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : M.I.T. Press, 1970.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • New York City in 1970
  • (The view from 1970
  • The race issue in city politics
  • A resurgence of ethnicity?
  • Affluent blacks and poor whites
  • The Catholics and the Jews
  • The party of the people)
  • The Negroes
  • (Numbers
  • Jobs
  • Education
  • The family and other problems
  • Housing and neighborhood
  • Leadership, politics, intergroup relations)
  • The Puerto Ricans
  • (The migration
  • The island-centered community
  • The mobile element
  • Lower income
  • The next generation: family, school, neighborhood
  • Culture, contributions, color)
  • The Jews
  • (The economic base
  • The passion for education
  • Community, neighborhood, integration
  • Politics
  • Culture and the future)
  • The Italians
  • (The community
  • Family influences
  • Religion
  • Occupations
  • Politics)
  • The Irish
  • (The green wave
  • The democratic party
  • The Roman Catholic church
  • The wild Irish
  • "There are some of us left"
  • The party of the people
  • City of God and man)
  • Beyond the melting pot
  • (The Jews
  • The Catholics
  • Negroes and Puerto Ricans
  • The role of politics
  • The future)