Social Mobility in Industrial SocietyTransaction Publishers, 1991 M01 1 - 309 pages In a careful analysis of the existing literature, the authors marshal an imposing array of evidence in support of their major argument that social mobility is an integral and continuing aspect of the process of industrialization. This classic volume continues to be a basic reference source in the field of occupational mobility. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Analysis of Mobility | 5 |
Social Mobility as a Characteristic of Societies | 9 |
Social Mobility in Industrial Societies | 11 |
Occupational Mobility | 13 |
Postwar National Samples | 17 |
Urban Mobility in Different Countries | 28 |
Occupational Mobility1900 to 1939 | 33 |
Conclusions | 154 |
Intragenerational Mobility | 156 |
Stability and Instability of Occupational Careers | 157 |
Manual and Nonmanual Occupations | 165 |
Upward and Downward Mobility | 169 |
Specific Avenues of Mobility | 171 |
Conclusions | 180 |
Some Sources of Intergenerational Mobility | 182 |
Elite Mobility | 38 |
Status Mobility | 42 |
Religious Values and Mobility | 48 |
Mobility Trends and Social Structure | 57 |
The Consequences of Social Mobility | 64 |
Conclusions | 72 |
Ideological Equalitarianism and Social Mobility in the United States | 76 |
Ideological Equalitarianism | 78 |
Equality of Opportunity in the United States | 81 |
Educational Opportunities | 91 |
Business Careers | 101 |
The Effect of Immigration and Migration | 104 |
The Wealth of the United States | 107 |
Conclusions | 111 |
Social Mobility and the American Business Elite | 114 |
American Business Leaders Reexamined | 121 |
A Comparative Assessment of Research Findings | 128 |
Social Mobility in a Metropolitan Community | 145 |
The Oakland Mobility Study | 147 |
Characteristics of the Oakland Labor Market | 148 |
The Sample of Respondents | 150 |
The Sample of Jobs | 152 |
Fathers Occupations and Career Patterns of Sons | 184 |
Fathers Occupation and Educational Attainment | 189 |
Social Origin and Entry Into the Labor Market | 192 |
Conclusions | 197 |
Causes Consequences and Dimensions of Social Mobility | 201 |
Community Structure | 203 |
Urbanization | 204 |
Comparative Data | 213 |
The Patterns of Opportunity in Large Cities | 216 |
The Advantages of Native Urbanites | 219 |
Conclusions | 225 |
Intelligence and Motivation | 227 |
Differential Motivation | 236 |
Conclusions | 254 |
Social Mobility and Social Structure | 260 |
Social Mobility of Individuals and Groups | 265 |
Social Mobility as a Problem for Investigation | 278 |
Appendix | 288 |
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