POLICY<br >93<br >Labor Market<br >ns and Economic<br >This book is the product of a study group created at the School of<br >.~cial Service Administration at the University of Chicago and funded<br >by the Ford Foundation. The group s purpose was to study ethnicity<br >and race in American society. Joining us on the study group s panel<br >were Leonard Borman， Leona Grossman， and Dolores Norton--all three<br >authors of essays in this volumemas well as Arthur Mann， Preston<br >and Sterling Morton Professor in the Department of History at the<br >University of Chicago， and Donnell Pappenfort， Professor in the<br >School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago.<br >As members of this group， all participated in the discussions that<br >generated these writings， helped define the contents of the book， and，<br >together， acted as an editorial board. Each author， in turn， enthu-<br >siastically worked with us in carrying out the research and writing<br >and then patiently edited so that the final volume would constitute<br >a coherent statement rather than merely a series of papers.<br > It is impossible to acknowledge and express appreciation to all<br >who have influenced our thinking and who have in this way con-<br >tributed to the writing of this book. Special gratitude， however， goes<br >to Reverend Andrew Greeley， whose valuable work and generous<br >counsel have shaped our own understanding of ethnic phenomena，<br >and to Joan Durman， who， as research assistant to the study group，<br >was responsible for the administration of the group s work and whose<br >valuable insights contributed significantly to the ideas expressed in<br >this volume.<br > PASTORA SAN JUAN CAFFERTY<br > LEON CH~TANG<br >Chicago， 1976<br ><br >