American Neighborhoods and Residential Differentiation

by Michael J. White

Residential patterns are reflections of social structure; to ask, "who lives in which neighborhoods," is to explore a sorting-out process that is based largely on socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and life cycle characteristics. This benchmark volume uses census data, with its uniquely detailed information on small geographic areas, to bring into focus the familiar yet often vague concept of neighborhood. Michael White examines nearly 6,000 census...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871549220
• ISBN13: 9780871549228
• Release Date: July 1988
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 351 Pages
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"