This collection of papers focuses on urban inequalities in Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, and Los Angeles. There are 11 chapters in 3 parts. The book begins with an introduction, "Understanding Inequality in the Late Twentieth-Century Metropolis: New Perspectives on the Enduring Racial Divide" (Alice O'Connor) and chapter 1, "Metropolises of the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality: Social, Economic, Demographic, and Racial Issues in Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, and Los Angeles" (Reynolds Farley). Part 1, "Racial Attitudes," includes: (2) "Stereotyping and Urban Inequality" (Lawrence D. Bobo and Michael P. Massagli); and (3) "Perceived Group Discrimination and Policy Attitudes: The Sources and Consequences of the Race and Gender Gaps" (James R. Kluegel and Lawrence D. Bobo). Part 2,"Residence, Employment, and the Significance of Space," includes: (4) "Processes of Racial Residential Segregation (Camille Zubrinsky Charles); (5) "Ethnic Residential Segregation and Its Consequences" (Franklin D. Wilson and Roger B. Hammer); and (6) "Space as a Signal: How Employers Perceive Neighborhoods in Four Metropolitan Labor Markets" (Chris Tilly, Philip Moss, Joleen Kirschenman, and Ivy Kennelly). Part 3, "Inequality and the Structure of Labor Market Opportunity," includes: (7) "Racial and Ethnic Differences in Job Searching in Urban Centers" (Luis M. Falcon and Edwin Melendez); (8) "Inequality Through Labor Markets, Firms, and Families: The Intersection of Gender and Race-Ethnicity Across Three Cities" (Irene Browne, Leann Tigges, and Julie Press); (9) "Linking the Multi-City Study's Household and Employer Surveys to Test for Race and Gender Effects in Hiring and Wage Setting" (Tom Hertz, Chris Tilly, and Michael P. Massagli); (10) "Why Opportunity Isn't Knocking: Racial Inequality and the Demand for Labor" (Philip Moss and Chris Tilly); and (11) "Are Jobs Available for Disadvantaged Workers in Urban Areas?" (Harry J. Holzer and Sheldon Danziger). (Papers contain references.) (SM)