Middleman Minority Concept
Its Explanatory Value in the Case of the Japanese in California Agriculture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9213378 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David J O’brien (0000-0001-5302-4258, corresponding author), David J O'Brien, Stephen S Fugita (University of Akron) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 185-204 |
| Publication date | 1982-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Pacific Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-8919 • E-ISSN: 2330-0736 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1388723 |
| OpenAlex | W2799617195 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 26 |
The concept of the “middleman minority” has been employed in the social sciences to deal with minority groups whose historical experience, although marked by discrimination, is not characterized by continuous, extreme subordinate status. The explanatory value of this concept is challenged, however, when one examines the historical experience of one of its primary empirical examples, Japanese Americans in agriculture. In this case, one of the most important requirements of the theory—that the group occupies a middle-rank position in the stratification system and functions as “middleman” in the movement of goods and services—is not met. Furthermore, we suggest that the more parsimonious concept of “petite bourgeoisie,” combined with an emphasis on the common cultural/social organizational resources found in these groups, allows us to understand better the social-psychological consequences of involvement in small-scale businesses. Such an approach provides insights into the way economic activities influence the character of persons and their communities in certain types of ethnic groups
Agriculture · Economics · Ethnic group · Geography · Position (finance) · Positive economics · Social science · Social stratification · Sociology · Value (mathematics) · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology · Social Psychology
Ethnicity and Entrepreneurship
Factors Contributing to Ethnic Business
Toward a unified theory of ethnic antagonism
Ethnic-collective action, intergroup competition and social networks
Selected Bibliography
An Investigation into the Overseas Expansion of Small Asian-Owned U.K. Firms
Six Problems in the Sociology of the Ethnic Economy
History of the labor movement in the United States …
Toward a Theory of Minority Group Relations
The Japanese in the United States
Race and Class in Rural California
The Petite Bourgeoisie
Ethnic Enterprise in America
Japanese Americans
A Buried Past
Japanese Americans
Japanese Associations and the Japanese Government
European Immigrant and Oriental Alien
Socioeconomic Mobility among Three Generations of Japanese Americans 1
Effects of anxiety and approval on visual interaction
The Economics and Politics of Racial Accommodation
A Theory of Middleman Minorities
Disadvantaged Minorities in Self-Employment
Economics, Ideology, and Ethnicity
Social Mobility in the Petite Bourgeoisie
Family Firms and Economic Development
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 1982 - 2007 (26) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |