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THE ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY OF IMMIGRATION Essays on Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship ALEJANDRO PORTES EDITOR RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDAnON . NEW YORK The Russell Sage Foundation The Russell Sage Foundation, one of the oldest ofAmerica's general purpose foundations , was established in 1907 by Mrs. Margaret Olivia Sage for "the improvement of social and living conditions in the United States." The Foundation seeks to fulfill this mandate by fostering the development and dissemination of knowledge about the country's political, social, and economic problems. While the Foundation endeavors to assure the accuracy and objectivity of each book it publishes, the conclusions and interpretations in Russell Sage Foundation publications are those of the authors and not of the Foundation, its Trustees, or its staff. Publication by Russell Sage, therefore, does not imply Foundation endorsement. Anne Pitts Carter Joel E. Cohen Peggy C. Davis Phoebe C. Ellsworth Ira Katznelson BOARD OF TRUSTEES William Julius Wilson, Chair Ellen Condliffe Lagemann Howard Raiffa JohnS. Reed Neil J. Smelser Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Eugene Smolensky Harold Tanner Marta Tienda Eric Wanner The economic sociology of immigration: essays on networks, ethnicity, and entrepreneurship / Alejandro Portes, editor. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87154-682-5 (hardbound) ISBN 0-87154-681-7 (paperback) 1. United States-Emigration and immigration-Economic aspects. 2. United States-Emigration and immigration-Government policy. 1. Portes, Alejandro, 1944JV6471 .E27 1995 330.973-dc20 94-20933 CIP Copyright © 1995 by Russell Sage Foundation. First papercover edition 1998. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION 112 East 64th Street, New York, New York 10021 1098765432 ...

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