Waldinger, Roger (David)

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WALDINGER, Roger (David)

WALDINGER, Roger (David). American, b. 1953. Genres: Politics/ Government, Sociology. Career: City College of the City University of New York, assistant professor to professor of sociology, 1983-91; University of California, Los Angeles, professor of sociology, 1990-, chair, Dept of Sociology, 1999-, director of Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies, 1995-99. Publications: Through the Eye of the Needle: Immigrants and Enterprise in New York's Garment Trades, 1986; (with H. Aldrich, R. Ward, and others) Ethnic Entrepreneurs: Immigrant Business in Industrial Society, 1990; (ed. with M. Bozorgmehr, and contrib.) Ethnic Los Angeles, 1996; Still the Promised City? New Immigrants and African-Americans in Post-Industrial New York, 1996; Strangers at the Gates: New Immigrants in Urban America, 2002; How the Other Half Works: Immigration and the Social Organization of Labor, 2002. Contributor to books and periodicals. Address: Department of Sociology, 264 Haines Hall, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]