Wealth accumulation & communities of color in the United States : current issues

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction & Overview / Jessica Gordon Nembhard & Ngina Chiteji -- I. Measurement & Methodology -- 1. Wealth Measurement: Issues for People of Color in the United States / Wilhelmina A. Leigh -- 2. Estimating the Effect of Race & Ethnicity on Wealth Accumulation & Asset-Ownership Patterns / Ngina Chiteji & Darrick Hamilton -- II. Intragroup Inequality -- 3. Determinants of Intragroup Wealth Inequality among Whites, Blacks, & Latinos / Yuval Elmelech -- 4. Women & Wealth / Mariko Lin Chang -- III. Data & Information about Specific Communities of Color -- 5. Native Americans' Wealth / Jay L. Zagorsky -- 6. Trouble in Paradise: The Economic Marginalization of Native Hawaiians / Paul Ong -- 7. Asian Americans & Wealth / Paul Ong & R. Varisa Patraporn -- 8. Financial Marketplace Participation & Pension Holdings over the Life Course / Ngina Chiteji, Elena Gouskova, & Frank Stafford -- IV. Wealth Effects & Communities -- 9. Banking & Wealth Accumulation in the Asian American Community: Questions & Evidence from Los Angeles / Gary Dymski, Lisa Mohanty, & Wei Li -- 10. Wealth Creation in Latino Communities: Latino Families, Community Assets, & Cultural Capital / Bárbara J. Robles -- 11. Living Where the Neighbors are Invested: Wealth & Racial/Ethnic Differences in Individuals' Neighborhood Home Ownership Rates / Rachael A. Woldoff -- 12. Wealth, Civic Engagement, & Democratic Practice / Jessica Gordon Nembhard & Anthony A. Blasingame -- Afterword: Trends & Trappings, Research & Policy Implications: An Unorthodox Policy Guide / Jessica Gordon Nembhard -- About the Authors -- Index.