" Mary Waters' admirable study of Americans' ethnic choices produces a rich social-scientific
yield. Its theoretical interest derives from the American irony that while ethnicity is' supposed …

The fashion identities in the context of a wider conversation about American nationhood, to
whom it belongs and what belonging means. Race and ethnicity, class, gender, and …

Through a series of candid personal interviews with nearly one hundred donors, Why the
Wealthy Give offers an in-depth look at the world of elite philanthropy. Francie Ostrower …

Perspectives osmo je izdanje tog djela prvi put objavljenog 1985., a bavi se rasnim i
etničkim odnosima u globalnom kontekstu te posebice u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama …

Why do private boarding schools produce such a disproportionate number of leaders in
business, government, and the arts? In the most comprehensive study of its kind to date, two …

Although there has been little recent work dealing with the sociology of consumption, what
exists has assumed that there is a general homogeneity within subcultures—ie, that …

In this introductory essay to our special issue on elites, we outline some of the major
challenges to research in this area and propose a series of theoretical and methodological …

“[A] clear, sympathetic, but not sentimental description of Italian-American experience from
the roots in Italy to settlement in the United States, describing the cultural patterns which …

This article explores several issues pertaining to the nature of dominant group ethnicity in
the United States. Dominant group ethnic identity tends to be less visible and less salient as …

Western/Northern scholars have developed models of communication and rhetoric that have
been based on persuasion, logic, and the exertion of influence over listeners by well-trained …