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Product Description Ethnic Differences, first published in 1989, explores how and why the Irish, Italians, Jews, and blacks of Providence, Rhode Island differed in their schooling and economic success. Drawing on evidence from thousands of students records of public, Catholic, and private schools, as well as on census manuscripts, city directories, and other sources, the book offers an integrated study of American ethnicity, education, and social structure. Joel Perlmann examines the extent to which differing career patterns, and reconsiders the relation between ethnicity and social class. Review "...a most remarkable book. Perlmann's analysis of ethnic differences in education is amazingly rich. He brings much new evidence to bear on debates about the importance of culture and class in America, and he treats the issues with great intelligence. This book will be essential for anyone concerned with the interplay of race, class, and culture in American society, and in the schools." David Cohen, Michigan State University "His excellent analysis represents a major contribution--not only to ethnic and educational history, but also to our current policy debates on this issue." Stanley L. Engerman, University of Rochester "While the book is based upon sophisticated statistical analyes, the results are clearly represented in a fashion tha makes them accessible to nonspecialists." Maris Vinovskis, University of Michigan "With meticulous and unprecedented detail, Joel Perlmann has reconstructed school attendance among adolescents in an American city during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Using sophisticated analytical techniques, he explicates the complex relations among ethnicity, class, and schooling during a period of profound transformation within America's cities and their schools. His is one of a handful of new works that, at long last, has begun to provide American secondary education