Urban inequality in the United States : evidence from four cities / Lawrence Bobo, Alice O'Connor, and Chris Tilly, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Understanding Inequality in the Late Twentieth-Century Metropolis: New Perspectives on the Enduring Racial Divide / Alice O'Connor -- Ch. 1. Metropolises of the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality: Social, Economic, Demographic, and Racial Issues in Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, and Los Angeles / Reynolds Farley -- Ch. 2. Stereotyping and Urban Inequality / Lawrence D. Bobo and Michael P. Massagli -- Ch. 3. Perceived Group Discrimination and Policy Attitudes: The Sources and Consequences of the Race and Gender Gaps / James R. Kluegel and Lawrence D. Bobo -- Ch. 4. Processes of Racial Residential Segregation / Camille Zubrinsky Charles -- Ch. 5. Ethnic Residential Segregation and its Consequences / Franklin D. Wilson and Roger B. Hammer -- Ch. 6. Space as a Signal: How Employers Perceive Neighborhoods in Four Metropolitan Labor Markets / Chris Tilly, Philip Moss and Joleen Kirschenman / [and others] --

Ch. 7. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Job Searching in Urban Centers / Luis M. Falcon and Edwin Melendez -- Ch. 8. Inequality Through Labor Markets, Firms, and Families: The Intersection of Gender and Race-Ethnicity Across Three Cities / Irene Browne, Leann Tigges and Julie Press -- Ch. 9. Linking the Multi-City Study's Household and Employer Surveys to Test for Race and Gender Effects in Hiring and Wage Setting / Tom Hertz, Chris Tilly and Michael P. Massagli -- Ch. 10. Why Opportunity Isn't Knocking: Racial Inequality and the Demand for Labor / Philip Moss and Chris Tilly -- Ch. 11. Are Jobs Available for Disadvantaged Workers in Urban Areas? / Harry J. Holzer and Sheldon Danziger.