Stanley Lieberson and Donna
K. Carter, in American Sociological Re-view (June 1979), 1722 N St. N.W., Wash- ington,D.C. 20036.
How does one get into Who's Who in America?
Analyzing listings in the 1924, 1944, and 1974 editions of Marquis' Who's Who, University of Arizona sociologists Lieberson and Carter found that occupational "pathways to national prominence" differ greatly between blacks and other Americans. (The researchers relied on surnames to indicate ethnic origins; race was...