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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Charles Hirschman is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with particular emphasis on sociology and political science. The main fields of study include sociology and political science, alongside political science and international relations as a subfield.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics related to migration and labor dynamics, Asian studies and history, Southeast Asian sociopolitical studies, and socioeconomic development in Asia.

Recent publications by Charles Hirschman include:

  • Social Change: Southeast Asia, 2022, published in The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
  • America Classifies the Immigrants: From Ellis Island to the 2020 Census, 2022, published in Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
  • One quarter of the nation: immigration and the transformation of America, 2024, published in Ethnic and Racial Studies

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Erin McAuliffe
  • Matthias Koenig
  • J. W. Payne
  • Mar-Garita Mooney
  • Julie Park

Charles Hirschman has published multiple works in the following venues:

  • The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
  • Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
  • Ethnic and Racial Studies

Awards received by the scientist include:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1998
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1998

Best Publications

  • The Role of Religion in the Origins and Adaptation of Immigrant Groups in the United States

    Charles Hirschman

  • America's Melting Pot Reconsidered

    Charles Hirschman

  • The making of race in colonial Malaya: Political economy and racial ideology

    Charles Hirschman

  • The Meaning and Measurement of Ethnicity in Malaysia: An Analysis of Census Classifications

    Charles Hirschman

  • The educational enrollment of immigrant youth: a test of the segmented-assimilation hypothesis.

    Charles Hirschman

  • Why Fertility Changes

    Charles Hirschman

  • The Extraordinary Educational Attainment of Asian-Americans: A Search for Historical Evidence and Explanations

    Charles Hirschman;Morrison G. Wong

  • The Changing Racial and Ethnic Composition of the US Population: Emerging American Identities

    Anthony Daniel Perez;Charles Hirschman

  • The Handbook of International Migration: The American Experience

    Charles Hirschman;Philip Kasinitz;Josh Dewind

  • Socioeconomic Gains of Asian Americans, Blacks, and Hispanics: 1960-1976

    Charles Hirschman;Morrison G. Wong

  • The Origins and Demise of the Concept of Race

    Charles Hirschman

  • The meaning and measurement of race in the U.S. census: glimpses into the future.

    Charles Hirschman;Richard Alba;Reynolds Farley

  • Vietnamese casualties during the American war: a new estimate.

    Charles Hirschman;Samuel Preston;Vu Manh Loi

  • Immigration and the American Century

    Charles Hirschman

  • Trends in Socioeconomic Achievement among Immigrant and Native-Born Asian-Americans, 1960–1976*

    Charles Hirschman;Morrison G. Wong

  • Immigration and the American industrial revolution from 1880 to 1920.

    Charles Hirschman;Elizabeth Mogford

  • The End of Affirmative Action in Washington State and Its Impact on the Transition from High School to College

    Susan K. Brown;Charles Hirschman

  • Multilevel models of fertility determination in four Southeast Asian countries: 1970 and 1980.

    Charles Hirschman;Philip Guest

  • The 9th grade shock and the high school dropout crisis.

    Nikolas Pharris-Ciurej;Charles Hirschman;Joseph Willhoft

  • Family and household structure in Vietnam: some glimpses from a recent survey.

    Charles Hirschman;Vu Manh Loi

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald R. Rindfuss
Ronald R. Rindfuss University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Samuel H. Preston
Samuel H. Preston University of Pennsylvania
Reynolds Farley
Reynolds Farley University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Marta Tienda
Marta Tienda Princeton University
Frank D. Bean
Frank D. Bean University of California, Irvine

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