Contemporary Ethnic Geographies in America

Herausgeber: Airriess, Christopher A.

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Produktbeschreibung

This unique text examines a range of ethnic groups in both historical and contemporary context. Each rich case study offers a brief historical overview of the group's immigration experience and settlement patterns and discusses how these communities have transformed-and been transformed by-the places in which they have settled.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Second Edition
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 995g
• ISBN-13: 9781442218550
• ISBN-10: 144221855X
• Artikelnr.: 42559843

Autorenporträt

Edited by Christopher A. Airriess

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Maps
and Tables 1. Exploring Contemporary Ethnic Geographies
Christopher A. Airriess 2. Creating Contemporary Ethnic Geographies: A Review of Immigration Law
Ines M. Miyares 3. New Ethnic Landscapes: Place Making in Urban America
Brian J. Godfrey 4. Immigrants at Work
Michael Reibel and Christopher A. Airriess 5. Ethnic Festivals
Cultural Tourism
and Pan-Ethnicity
Michael Hawkins 6. Mexican Americans
Daniel D. Arreola and Alex Oberle 7. Caribbean Hispanics: Cubans
Puerto Ricans
and Dominicans
Heike Alberts 8. Non-Hispanic West Indians: Race
Identity
and Incorporation
Milton Vickerman 9. Central Americans: Legal Status and Settledness
Ines M. Miyares 10. Andean South Americans: Settlement Patterns and Transnational Networks
Marie Price 11. Chinese Americans: Enduring Community and Increasing Diversity
Wei Li and Wan Yu 12. Korean Americans: Entrepreneurship and Religion
Jane Yeonjae Lee 13. Filipinos: The Invisible Ethnic Community
James A. Tyner 14. Asian Indians: Construction of Community and Identity
Emily Skop 15. Mainland Southeast Asia: Diversity of Conflict Migrants
Christopher A. Airriess 16. Immigrants from the Muslim World: Lebanese and Iranians
Elizabeth Chacko Index About the Contributors