Family Enterprise in an Industrial City: Strategies for the Family Organization of Business in Detroit, 1880

Archer, Melanie

doi:10.1017/s0145553200021015

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Commercial Agreements and Social Dynamics in Medieval Genoa

Doosselaere¹

2009

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Commercial Agreements and Social Dynamics in Medieval Genoa is an empirical study of medieval long-distance trade agreements and the surrounding social dynamics that transformed the feudal organization of men-of-arms into the world of Renaissance merchants. Drawing on 20,000 notarial records, the book traces the commercial partnerships of thousands of people in Genoa from 1150 to 1435 and reports social activity on a scale that is unprecedented for such an early period of history. In combining a detailed historical reading with network modeling to analyze the change in the long-distance trade relationships, Quentin van Doosselaere challenges the prevailing western-centric view of development. He demonstrates that the history of the three main medieval economic frameworks that brought about European capitalism - equity, credit, and insurance - was not driven by strategic merchants' economic optimizations but rather by a change in partners' selections that reflected the dynamic of the social structure as a whole.

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Commercial Agreements and Social Dynamics in Medieval Genoa

Doosselaere¹

2009

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Segmented Assimilation Among Mexicans in the Southwest

Valdez

2006

The Sociological Quarterly

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This article examines segmented assimilation among foreign-born and U.S.-born Mexicans. Using the 2000 census, this article investigates how immigrants' length of residence in the United States and nativity affect the earnings and self-employment outcomes of low-and highskilled Mexican men and women in the Southwest. Findings reveal that the earnings of lowskilled, foreign-born Mexicans decrease as immigrants reside in the United States longer and are generally lower among the U.S. born than the foreign born. In contrast, the earnings of highskilled, foreign-born Mexicans increase as immigrants reside in the United States longer and are generally higher among U.S.-born Mexicans than foreign-born Mexicans. Moreover, selfemployment participation decreases as immigrants reside in the United States longer and is lower among the U.S. born than the foreign born, regardless of skill. Since self-employment results in lower earnings, a decline in self-employment indicates economic progress. Furthermore, men are generally better off than women. Drawing from segmented assimilation theory, findings support the "downward assimilation" hypothesis among low-skilled Mexicans and the "Anglo-conformity" hypothesis among high-skilled Mexicans. Overall, this research provides evidence of intragroup differences in segmented assimilation among foreign-born and U.S.-born Mexicans in the Southwest.Socioeconomic assimilation refers to the gradual process of incorporation, as immigrants and their descendants integrate into the United States economy (Myrdal

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Family Enterprise in an Industrial City: Strategies for the Family Organization of Business in Detroit, 1880

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