American Occupational Structure

<b>Peter M. Blau and Otis Dudley Duncan pen a classic source of empirical information on the patterns of occupational achievement in American society.</b> <p/>Based on an unusually comprehensive set of data <i>The American Occupational Structure </i>is renowned for its pioneering methods of statistical analysis as well as its far-reaching conclusions about social stratification and occupation mobility in the United States. <p/>Presenting sociology at its scientific best (<i>Fortune) The American Occupation Structure </i>received the Sorokin Award of the American Sociological Association in recognition of its significant contribution to the social sciences.