The Turner Thesis Reexamined

Lee, Everett S.

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“…There is, therefore, the opportunity to migrate from older to newer and less developed sections, in which a person without much or any inherited property may still find the race for economic independence a free and open race" (Perlman, 1922:166). See also Lee (1961), who emphasizes all geographic migration as the true safety valve. Should this movement have any effect on people's class perceptions?…”

Section: Internal Migrationmentioning

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The American Perception of Class

Vanneman¹,

Cannon²

1989

Labour / Le Travail

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FIGURES 1.1 Unionization rates of industrial countries 1.2 Changes in the class structure of the U. S. labor force 3.1 Prestige score of selected occupations 4.1 Possible joint effects of class and status on class perceptions 4.2 Effects of supervisory authority and occupational prestige on class perceptions 4.3 Effects of mental labor and occupational prestige on class perceptions 4. A Status distribution among mental-labor managers and workers 5.1 One-dimensional representation of class image ratings 5.2 Two-dimensional representation of class image ratings 5.3 Two-dimensional representation of class image ratings: alternative titles 6.1 Strike involvement, 1880-1980 6.2 Trends in class self-placements, 1952-78 6.3 Class self-perceptions of birth cohorts, 1890-1954 6.4 Effects of birth cohort on class self-perceptions, 1890-1954 Xlll 10.3 Black-white differences in class self-placements 10.4 Changes in Black class placements 11.1 Effects of income on class perceptions of managers and workers ACKNOWLEDGMENTSThis book will annoy many of the scholars in its field. Preliminary versions of our argument that we presented in conference papers and journal articles provoked immediate hostility. The consistent support of our friends has enabled us to continue our work despite these reactions. We owe them a great deal and hope that the final product meets their expectations.Several people worked with us on various parts of the research. Fred Pampel and Steve McNamee joined us in the early stages of the research that are reported in Chapter 4 and coauthored the first publications from the project. Steve has continued to provide assistance as we worked our way through several conceptual problems. Marcia Kirkpatrick helped direct the survey reported in Chapter 5. Benjamin To first developed the cross-national data reported in Chapter 6. Michelle Moore provided library research and Julie Wallace assisted with the references. Their contributions have made our work not only better but more enjoyable.Many people read part or all of the manuscript.

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Section: Internal Migrationmentioning

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The American Perception of Class

Vanneman¹,

Cannon²

1989

Labour / Le Travail

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“…Unfortunately there are few reliable statistics before 1850, but the case studies that exist suggest that the average American moved several times during his life, and that executives were probably more geographically mobile than the average. The elements associated with migration that would increase the efficiency of an entrepreneurial role were: emphasis on self-help as against aid from family status; willingness to cooperate with relative strangers, or impersonality; tolerance of, and adjustment to, strange conditions; and a tendency to innovate in making such adjustments (Lee, 1961). Recent studies have underlined the importance of moderate changes in environment in stimulating new ideas and practices (Barnett, 1953, pp.…”

Section: Rapid Industrializationmentioning

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The entrepreneur in economic change

Cochran

1964

Syst. Res.

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It has been recognized by economists that economic change and development depend in large part on social change. But the difficulties of constructing a model of social change that is comprehensive enough, yet detailed enough, to be a useful tool for analysis seem almost insurmountable. One way out of the difficulty is to focus on a particular type of change. Such variables as child‐rearing practices, motives, and social values and attitudes shape the personality of the entrepreneur and thus have important, if indirect, effects on economic change and development. The present paper traces the changes in these “intervening variables” and the consequent changes in American business practices during the past 150 years, as contrasted to social and economic changes in Europe and Latin America during the same period.

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Bainbridge¹

2011

Springer Series in Immersive Environments

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The Turner Thesis Reexamined

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