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1	American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass more books like this by Douglas S Massey, Nancy A Denton This powerful and disturbing book clearly links persistent poverty among blacks in the United States to the unparalleled degree of deliberate segregation they experience in American cities. "American Apartheid" shows how the black ghetto was created by whites during the first half of the twentieth century in order to isolate growing urban black ... see all copies from £12.08! new only from £15.94!
2	Return to Aztlan: The Social Process of International Migration from Western Mexico more books like this by Douglas S Massey (Photographer), Jorge Durand, Rafeal Alarcon "Return to Aztlan" analyzes the social process of international migration through an intensive study of four carefully chosen Mexican communities. The book combines historical, anthropological, and survey data to construct a vivid and comprehensive picture of the social dynamics of contemporary Mexican migration to the United States. see all copies from £7.33! new only from £17.57! \| first editions
3	Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Mexican Immigration in an Era of Economic Integration more books like this by Douglas S Massey, Jorge Durand, Nolan J Malone see all copies from £10.97! new only from £12.84! \| first editions
4	The Source of the River: The Social Origins of Freshmen at America's Selective Colleges and Universities more books like this by Douglas S Massey, Camille Z Charles, Mary J Fischer African Americans and Latinos earn lower grades and drop out of college more often than whites or Asians. Yet thirty years after deliberate minority recruitment efforts began, we still don't know why. In "The Shape of the River", William Bowen and Derek Bok documented the benefits of affirmative action for minority students, their communities, and ... see all copies from £16.36! new only from £20.23!
5	Categorically Unequal: The American Stratification System more books like this by Douglas S Massey see all copies from £15.47! new only from £15.90!
6	Miracles on the Border: Retablos of Mexican Migrants to the United States more books like this by Jorge Durand, Douglas S Massey Few forms of religious folk art are as abundant or expressive as Mexican retablos - folk images painted on sheets of tin that are offered as votives of thanks to Christ or the Virgin Mary for a miracle granted or a favor bestowed. In this vivid study, Jorge Durand and Douglas Massey offer a multilayered analysis of retablos created by Mexican ... see all copies from £9.59! new only from £17.40! \| first editions
7	Strangers in a Strange Land: Humans in a Urbanizing World more books like this by Douglas S Massey Drawing from evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and sociology, this truly interdisciplinary study explores how the drive to find social connection has shaped the size, structure, and organization of human communities from the Stone Age to the post-industrial present. Focusing on three central factors--the physical environment, social relations at ... see all copies from £7.81! new only from £8.66!
8	The Return of the "L" Word: A Liberal Vision for the New Century more books like this by Douglas S Massey Somewhere in the 1970s liberals in the United States lost their way. After successes like the New Deal, they became arrogant. So argues Douglas Massey in "Return of the "L" Word". Faced with the difficult politics of race and class, liberals used the heavy hand of government to impose policies on a resentful public. Conservatives capitalized on ... see all copies from £5.40! new only from £6.65! \| first editions
9	Worlds in Motion more books like this by Douglas S Massey, Adela Pellegrino, Ali Kouaouci At the end of the 20th century nearly all developed nations have become countries of immigration, absorbing growing numbers of immigrants not only from developed regions, byt increasingly from developing nations of the Third World. Although international migration has come to play a central role in the social, economic, and demographic dynamics of ... see all copies from £49.68! new only from £49.68!
10	Smuggled Chinese more books like this by Ko-Lin Chin, Douglas S Massey (Foreword by) see all copies from £11.05! new only from £17.53!
11 view cover	Crossing the Border: Research from the Mexican Migration Project more books like this by Jorge Durand, Douglas S Massey (Editor) see all copies from £12.83! new only from £17.26!
12 view cover	International Migration: Prospects and Policies in a Global Market more books like this by Douglas S Massey (Editor), J Edward Taylor (Editor) "International Migration: Prospects and Policies" offers a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of global patterns of international migration and the policies employed to manage the flows. It shows that international migration is not rooted in poverty or rapid population growth, but in the expansion and consolidation of global markets. As nations are ... see all copies from £65.49! new only from £69.27!
13 view cover	Problem of the Century: Racial Stratification in the United States more books like this by Elijah Anderson (Editor), Douglas S Massey (Editor) see all copies from £16.71! new only from £16.71! \| first editions
14 view cover	Worlds in Motion: Understanding International Migration at the End of the Millennium more books like this by Douglas S Massey, Joaquin Arango, Graeme Hugo At the end of the 20th century nearly all developed nations have become countries of immigration, absorbing growing numbers of immigrants not only from developed regions, but increasingly from developing nations of the Third World. Although international migration has come to play a central role in the social, economic, and demographic dynamics of ... see all copies from £27.56! new only from £27.56!
15 view cover	New Faces in New Places: The Changing Geography of American Immigration more books like this by Douglas S Massey (Editor) see all copies from £29.30! new only from £33.86!
16 view cover	Chronicle of a Myth Foretold: The Washington Consensus in Latin America more books like this by Douglas S Massey (Editor), Magaly Sanchez (Editor), Professor Jere R Behrman (Editor) During the 1990s, the United States encountered an unprecedented economic upsurge. The duration and scope of this boom led many policymakers in D.C., to believe they had finally found a magic formula for sustained economic growth and seamless national development. Labeled the Washington Consensus, this free-market approach was a shift away from ... see all copies from £17.26! first editions
17 view cover	Chronicle of a Myth Foretold: The Washington Consensus in Latin America more books like this by Magaly Sanchez (Editor), Professor Jere R Behrman (Editor), Douglas S Massey (Editor) During the 1990s, the United States encountered an unprecedented economic upsurge. The duration and scope of this boom led many policymakers in D.C., to believe they had finally found a magic formula for sustained economic growth and seamless national development. Labeled the Washington Consensus, this free-market approach was a shift away from ... see all copies from £30.06!
18	Milagros En La Frontera: Retablos De Migrantes Mexicanos a Estados Unidos by Jorge Durand, Douglas S. Massey see all copies from £40.26!

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