American Occupational StructurePeter M. Blau and Otis Dudley Duncan pen a classic source of empirical information on the patterns of occupational achievement in American society. Based on an unusually comprehensive set of data, The American Occupational Structure is renowned for its pioneering methods of statistical analysis, as well as its far-reaching conclusions about social stratification and occupation mobility in the United States. Presenting “sociology at its scientific best” (Fortune), The American Occupation Structure received the Sorokin Award of the American Sociological Association in recognition of its significant contribution to the social sciences. |
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Contents
OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE AND MOBILITY PROCESS | 1 |
PATTERNS | 23 |
Supply and Recruitment from One Generation to the Next | 38 |
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The American Occupational Structure Peter Michael Blau,Otis Dudley Duncan,Andrea Tyree Snippet view - 1967 |
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| Title | American Occupational Structure |
| Authors | Peter M. Blau, Otis Dudley Duncan, Andrea Tyree |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Free Press, 1978 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | Aug 20, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0029036704, 9780029036709 |
| Length | 520 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Structural Adjustment Health & Fitness / Work-Related Health Social Science / Popular Culture Social Science / Social Classes & Economic Disparity Social Science / Sociology / General |
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