Background
Lieberson, Stanley was born on April 20, 1933 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Jack and Ida (Cohen) Lieberson.
( This title reexamines and reconsiders the model of empi...)
This title reexamines and reconsiders the model of empirical research underlying most empirical work. The goal is neither a whitewash nor capital punishment, but rather it is to reform and mold empirical research into an activity that contributes as much as possible to a rigorous understanding of society. Without worrying about defining science or even determining the essence of the scientific enterprise, the goal is one that pools together logical thinking and empirically determined information. One of the fundamental issues to be addressed in this volume: Are there questions currently studied that are basically unanswerable even if the investigator had ideal nonexperimental data? If so, what are the alternative questions that can be dealt with successfully by empirical social research, and how should they be approached? In the chapters ahead, it will be important to keep in mind this doctrine of the undoable. Of course, one cannot simply mutter "undoable" when a difficult obstacle is encountered, turn off the computer, and look in the want ads for a new job—or at least a new task. Instead, it means considering if there is some inherent logical reason or sociological force that makes certain empirical questions unanswerable. There are four types of undoable questions to consider: those that are inherently impossible; those that are premature; those that are overly complicated; and those that empirical and theoretical knowledge have nullified.
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( The 1980 Census introduced a radical change in the meas...)
The 1980 Census introduced a radical change in the measurement of ethnicity by gathering information on ancestry for all respondents, regardless of how long ago their forebears migrated to America, and by allowing respondents of mixed background to list more than one ancestry. The result, presented for the first time in this important study, is a unique and sometimes startling picture of the nation's ethnic makeup. From Many Strands focuses on each of the sixteen principal European ethnic groups, as well as on major non-European groups such as blacks and Hispanics. The authors describe differences and similarities across a range of dimensions, including regional distribution, income, marriage patterns, and education. While some findings lend support to the "melting pot" theory of assimilation (levels of educational attainment have become more comparable and ingroup marriage is declining), other findings suggest the persistence of pluralism (settlement patterns resist change and some current occupational patterns date from the turn of the century). In these contradictions, and in the striking number of respondents who report no ethnic background or report it incorrectly, Lieberson and Waters find evidence of considerable ethnic flux and uncover the growing presence of a new, "unhyphenated American" ethnic strand in the fabric of national life. A Volume in the Russell Sage Foundation Census Series
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(What accounts for our tastes? Why and how do they change ...)
What accounts for our tastes? Why and how do they change over time? In this innovative book Stanley Lieberson analyzes children's first names to develop an original theory of fashion. Children's names provide an opportunity to view the pure mechanisms of fashion, unaffected by commercial interests that influence many fashions and tastes, says Lieberson. He disputes the commonly held notion that tastes in names (and other fashions) simply reflect societal shifts. There exist also "internal taste mechanisms" that drive changes in fashion even in the absence of social change, Lieberson contends. He explores the intricate and subtle ways in which internal mechanisms operate in concert with social forces to determine our choices of names. And he applies these conclusions to classical music, the decline of the fedora, women's garments, and other examples of change in fashion. Examining extensive data on names over long periods of time, Lieberson discovers an orderly regularity to the process of change. He considers an array of naming practices -- how Rebecca became a popular name, why the names of certain important and attractive biblical characters are rarely chosen, and the influence of movie stars and characters in movies and novels. The book also inquires into name selection by specific ethnic and racial groups -- Mexicans' choices of names for their sons and daughters, African-American naming tastes from the time of slavery, changing names among American Jews throughout the twentieth century, and ethnic influences on naming in assimilated white groups. Lieberson concludes with a discussion of broader applications of internal mechanisms, suggesting that they operate widely in culture,across the entire "cultural surface".
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( There is little question that the descendants of the ne...)
There is little question that the descendants of the new European immigrant groups from Southern, Central, and Eastern Europe have done very well in the United States, reaching levels of achievement far above blacks. Yet the new Europeans began to migrate to the United States in 1880, a time when blacks were no longer slaves. Why have the new immigrants fared better than the blacks? This volume focuses on the historical origins of the current differences between the groups. Professor Lieberson scoured early U. S. censuses and used a variety of offbeat information sources to develop data that would throw light on this question, as well as provide new information on occupations at the turn of the century, finding remarkable parallels between the black position in the urban South and the urban North. He examines and compares progress in education and in politics between the new Europeans and the blacks. What were the effects of segregation? Why did labor unions discriminate more severely against blacks than against the new immigrant groups? This book will generate a fresh interpretation of the origins of black-new European differences, one which explains why other nonwhite groups, such as the Chinese and Japanese, have done relatively well.
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Lieberson, Stanley was born on April 20, 1933 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Jack and Ida (Cohen) Lieberson.
Student, Brooklyn College, 1950-1952; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1960; Master of Arts (honorary), Harvard University, 1988; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Arizona, 1993.
Associate director, Iowa Urban Community Research Center, U. Iowa, 1959-1961;
instructor, assistant professor sociology, Iowa Urban Community Research Center, U. Iowa, 1959-1961;
assistant professor sociology, University of Wisconsin, 1961-1963;
associate professor, University of Wisconsin, 1963-1966;
professor, University of Wisconsin, 1966-1967;
professor sociology, U. Washington, 1967-1971;
director Center Studies Demography and Ecology, U. Washington, 1968-1971;
professor sociology, University of Chicago, 1971-1974;
associate director Population Research Center, University of Chicago, 1971-1974;
professor sociology, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1974-1983;
head Department, University Arizona, Tucson, 1976-1979;
professor sociology, University of California, Berkeley, 1983-1988;
professor sociology, Harvard University, 1988-1991;
Abbott Lawrence Lowell professor sociology, Harvard University, since 1991. Visiting professor Stanford University, summer 1970. Claude Bissell distinguished visiting professor U. Toronto, 1979-1980.
Member commission on sociolinguistics Social Science Research Council, 1964-1970. Member sociology panel National Science Foundation, 1978-1981.
( The 1980 Census introduced a radical change in the meas...)
( There is little question that the descendants of the ne...)
(What accounts for our tastes? Why and how do they change ...)
( This title reexamines and reconsiders the model of empi...)
(Book by Lieberson, Stanley, Dil, Anwar S.)
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Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member: American Philosophical Society (elected member 2007), American Sociological Association, Eastern Sociological Society (Mirra Komarovsky Book award 2002), American Name Society, Sociological Research Association (executive committee 1976-1981, president 1981), Harvard College (honorary), Phi Beta Kappa (honorary), Alpha Iota Chapter (honorary), Pacific Sociological Association (vice president 1984-1985, president 1986-1987), International Population Union, Population Association American (director 1969-1972), American Sociological Foundation (trustee 1992-1996), American Sociological Association (council member 1985-1987, president 1990-1991, co-recipient Paul F. Lazarsfeld award, methodology section 2007).
Married Patricia Ellen Beard, 1960. Children– Rebecca, David, Miriam, Rachel (deceased).