THOMAS A. HIRSCHL is Associate Professor of Sociology at Cornell University. His teaching and research interests concern how society is being reshaped by contemporary political, economic, and social forces. He has coedited two books—Utah in the 1990s (with Tim B. Heaton and Bruce A. Chadwick) (1996) and Cutting Edge (with James Davis and Michael Stack) (1997).TIM B. HEATON is Professor of Sociology at Brigham Young University. His research focuses on demographic trends and family demographics. He has coauthored or coedited six books, including Women Working: Comparative Perspectives in Developing Areas (with Alma T. Junsay) (Greenwood, 1989).

• Preface by Tim B. Heaton and Thomas A. Hirschl Social Policy and Socioeconomic Trends The Significance of Education in an Era of Labor Market Hardship by Thomas A. Hirschl The Distribution of Income in New York State: Trends and Implications for Public Policy by Paul E. McNamara and Christine K. Ranney Public Schools and Public Dollars by Brian O. Brent and David H. Monk On the Margin: The Occupational Progress of Ethnic Minorities in New York State by Douglas T. Gurak Community Diversity and Social Identity Indians Within New York State: Separate Nations, Not Just Ethnic Minorities by Sherene Baugher and Robert W. Venables New York State's Older Population: Implications for Policy by Nina Glasgow The Communities of New York State by Frank W. Young and Gonzalo Kmaid Social Change in Upstate New York Cities by Patrice Kuzniak New York's Industrial Structure: How Viable? by Paul R. Eberts and Amanda M. Hart Agriculture and the Environment From Plow to Plate: The Transformation of New York's Food and Agricultural System Since 1910 by Thomas A. Lyson Trends in Land Use by Nelson L. Bills and Bernard F. Stanton Environmental Knowledge and Attitudes in the New York City Watershed by J. Mayone Stycos and Max J. Pfeffer Population Dynamics, Family Well-being and Health The Recently Arrived Foreign-Born in New York State, 1990 by Ronald J. Ortiz Flores The Volume and Composition of Internal Migration to and from New York by David L. Brown and Stefan Rayer The Next Generation: Implications of Fertility for Growth, Composition, and Well-being of New York in the Coming Years by Tim B. Heaton The Widening Gap Among Children: Family Living Arrangements in New York and the United States by Linda B. Williams and Eleanor O. Bell A Review of New York's Health and Health Care Status: The Challenges Ahead for 2000 by Eunice Rodriguez and Pilar Parra Index