Latinos in the New South (eBook, PDF)

Transformations of Place
Redaktion: Furuseth, Owen J.; Smith, Heather A.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Latinos have emerged as one of the fastest-growing ethnic populations in the American South. This book presents a multidisciplinary examination of the impacts and responses across the Southeastern United States to Latino immigration. Drawing on theoretical perspectives and empirical research, each chapter is centred on the nexus between the immigrants' experiences and the construction of transformed social, economic, political and cultural spaces.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351923033
• Artikelnr.: 49364958

Autorenporträt

Heather Smith is an Associate Professor of Geography at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte). She is also a Senior Researcher with the Vancouver, Canada-based Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Integration in the Metropolis (RIIM). Owen Furuseth is Associate Provost for Metropolitan Studies and Extended Academic Programs at UNC Charlotte. Smith and Furuseth are co-directing research programs examining Latino immigrant experiences in the state of North Carolina and the Charlotte metropolitan region specifically.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: From Winn-Dixie to Tiendas: The remaking of the New South
Owen J. Furuseth and Heather A. Smith; New neighbors in Dixie: the community impacts of Latino migration to Tennessee
Anita I. Drever; The South's silent bargain: rural reconstructuring
Latino labour and the ambiguities of migrant experience
Rebecca Maria Torres
E. Jeffrey Popke and Holly M. Hapke; Migrants
markets and the transformation of natural resources management: galax harvesting in western North Carolina
Marla R. Emery
Clare Ginger and Jim Chamberlain; New destinations for Hispanic migrants: an analysis of rural Kentucky
Holly R. Barcus; Hispanic population growth and public school response in two New South immigrant destinations
William A. Kandel and Emilio A. Parrado; The multiple transformations of Miami
Heike C. Alberts; Latino communities in Atlanta: segmented assimilation under construction
Susan M. Walcott and Arthur Murphy; Placing Latino/as in the music city: Latino migration and urban transformation in Nashville
Tennessee
Jamie Winders; Making real the mythical Latino community in Charlotte
North Carolina
Heather A. Smith and Owen J. Furuseth; Transnationality
social spaces and parallel worlds
Altha J. Cravey; Across races and nations: social justice organizing in the transnational South
Barbara Ellen Smith; The new South in perspective: observations and commentary
John W. Frazier and Mark E. Reisinger; Index.