Dissertation Research: Work, Residence, and Politics in a Deindustrializing City

詹姆斯·N格雷戈里·罗伯特·O.华盛顿赛尔夫大学 博士论文的研究将探讨如何在阶级和种族塑造了工作，居住和政治经济在奥克兰，加州1945年和1977年之间的重组。 分析重点关注两个历史因素，这些因素重组了奥克兰的城市工人阶级，极大地改变了劳动力市场，并重塑了该市工业和住宅区的外观。 这些是向服务生产的转变和非洲裔美国工人的移民。研究方法包括对奥克兰的二级文献和种族，阶级和城市形态的理论文献的审查。 此外，还将对档案记录进行审查。 最后，一系列的口述历史与奥克兰的经济发展理事会和其他类似组织的成员将完成。 这项研究将有助于更深入地了解种族，阶级在不断变化的城市环境。

James N. Gregory Robert O. Self University of Washington The doctoral dissertation research will examine the ways in which class and race shaped the reorganization of work, residence and political economy in Oakland, California between 1945 and 1977. The analysis focuses on two historical factors that reconstituted Oakland's urban working class, dramatically shifted labor markets, and reshaped the appearance of the city's industrial and residential neighborhoods. These were the shift to services production and the in-migration of African-American workers. The research methodology consists of a review of the secondary literature on Oakland and the theoretical literature on race, class and urban morphology. In addition an examination of archival records will be undertaken. Finally a series of oral histories with members of Oakland's economic development council and other similar organizations will be accomplished. The research will contribute to a deeper understanding of race, class in a changing urban milieu.