Herbert J. Gans

15.9k citations
173 papers · 11.1k · 6 hit papers · h-index 45

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Papers in

    • Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy 15
    • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies 14
    • Social and Cultural Dynamics 13
    • Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice 8
    • Migration and Labor Dynamics 6
    • Diaspora, migration, transnational identity 6

Herbert J. Gans

157 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Herbert J. Gans's Hit Papers

Second-Generation Decline: Scenarios for the Economic and Ethnic Futures of the Post-1965 American Immigrants 1996 · 471 citations
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Herbert J. Gans
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  • Communication 2.1k
  • Urban Studies 1.1k
  • Sociology and Political Science 7.0k
  • Demography 1.2k
  • Music 215
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All Works

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Deciding What's News: A Study of CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, Newsweek, and Time
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19792054
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Symbolic ethnicity: The future of ethnic groups and cultures in America*
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19791152
3
The Urban Villagers: Group and Class in the Life of Italian-Americans.
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1963827
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The Urban Villagers.
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1964755
5 1992482
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Second-Generation Decline: Scenarios for the Economic and Ethnic Futures of the Post-1965 American Immigrants
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1996471
7 1977326
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The Levittowners: Ways of life and politics in a new suburban community
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1965294
9 2003227
10 1994201
11 1997184
12 1969139
13 1972133
14 2002124
15 2016122
16 1965118
17 1996115
18 1999114
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People and plans : essays on urban problems and solutions
1968110
20 2006110

About Herbert J. Gans

Herbert J. Gans is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography, General Health Professions, Communication and Political Science and International Relations, having authored 173 papers that have together received 11.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (15 papers), Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (14 papers), Social and Cultural Dynamics (13 papers), Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (8 papers), Media Studies and Communication (7 papers), Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (6 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (6 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Communication (2.1k citations), Urban Studies (1.1k citations), Sociology and Political Science (7.0k citations), Demography (1.2k citations) and Music (215 citations). Herbert J. Gans has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Ireland and Bulgaria. Frequent co-authors include Andrew M. Greeley, Sally M. Miller, Erich Lindemann, Bennett M. Berger, R. E. Pahl, Richard K. Brown, Joan W. Moore, John P. Robinson, John C. Leggett and Maurice R. Stein. Their work appears in journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Ethnic and Racial Studies, City and Community, American Sociological Review and Journal of Communication.

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