Where We Live Now Immigration and Race in the United States

Name: Where We Live Now Immigration and Race in the United States
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ISBN: 9780520257634

ISBN-10: 0520257634

ISBN-13: 9780520257634

Edition: 2009

Authors: John Iceland, J. Iceland

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InWhere We Live Now, John Iceland explores the ways in which immigration is reshaping American neighborhoods. In his clear and well-focused examination of residential segregation patterns, Iceland addresses these questions: What is the evidence to suggest that immigrants are assimilating residentially? Does the assimilation process look different for immigrants of different racial and ethnic backgrounds? How has immigration affected the residential patterns of native-born blacks and whites? Drawing on census data and synthesizing information from other ethnographic and quantitative studies, Iceland shows that immigrants are by-and-large becoming residentially assimilated in American…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 3/4/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Tables


Acknowledgments



Introduction



Historical Overview and Theories of Immigrant Spatial Incorporation



Immigration, Diversity, and Patterns of Racial and Ethnic Residential Segregation



Immigrant Residential Segregation



Hispanic Segregation and the Multiple Forms of Residential Assimilation in Metropolitan America



Racial and Ethnic Diversity and Residential Segregation



Conclusion



Methods of Measuring Segregation and Methodological Details of Analyses



Additional Tables and Figures


Notes


References


Index