Migration and Restructuring in the United States

A Geographic Perspective
Herausgeber: Withers, Suzanne Davies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This groundbreaking book examines the links between migration and the United States' ongoing economic and demographic revolution. Utilizing an explicitly geographic perspective, the contributors highlight the crucial role played by scale and spatial context in both immigration and internal migration.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 149mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780847693931
• ISBN-10: 0847693937
• Artikelnr.: 21787793

Autorenporträt

Kavita Pandit is associate professor of geography at the University of Georgia. Suzanne Davies Withers is assistant professor of geography at the University of Washington.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction: Geographic Perspectives on Migration and
Restructuring Section I: Migration and Economic Restructuring Chapter 2:
Migration and Persistent Poverty in Rural America Chapter 3: Economic
Restructuring and Migration in an Old Industrial Region Chapter 4: Social
and Economic Change and Intra-Metropolitan Migration Chapter 5: Regional
Outcomes of Large Scale Migration in Post Industrial America Chapter 6:
Restructuring Incentives for U.S. Immigration Section II: Migration and
Demographic Restructuring Chapter 7: Geographic Dimensions of Aging Chapter
8: The Geography of the Baby Boom Chapter 9: Impacts of Immigrant Fertility
on Population Size and Composition Chapter 10: Internal Migration of
Foreign-born Latinos and Asians: Are They Assimilating Geographically?
Chapter 11: Settlement Dynamics and Internal Migration of the U.S.
Foreign-born Population Chapter 12: Evolutionary Immigrant Settlement
Patterns Section III: Methodological Frontiers in Migration Research
Chapter 13: Choice Processes in Migration Behavior Chapter 14: Life Course
and Spatial Experience: A Personal Narrative Approach in Migration Studies
Chapter 15: Time Series Indicators and Physical Geography Analogies for
Migration Systems Chapter 16: Conclusion: The State of Art