Contemporary Ethnic Geographies in America

Name: Contemporary Ethnic Geographies in America
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ISBN: 9780742537729

ISBN-10: 0742537722

ISBN-13: 9780742537729

Edition: 2006

Authors: Ines M. Miyares, Christopher A. Airriess, Bobby M. Wilson, Daniel D. Arreola, Kate A. Berry

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Ethnic diversity has marked the United States from its inception and is now experiencing watershed changes in its social, cultural, and ethnic/racial geographies. Considering the impact of these wide-ranging changes, this unique text examines a range of ethnic groups in both historical and contemporary context. The contributors present a rich set of case studies of key ethnic and racial communities-including traditionally important Native Americans, African Americans, and Mexican Americans, along with the Latin American and Asian groups that make up the vast majority of newer immigrants. Each case offers a brief historical overview of the group's immigration experience and settlement…

Book details

List price: $72.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/19/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.288
Language: English




Exploring contemporary ethnic geographies




Creating contemporary ethnic geographies - a review of immigration law




Native Americans




The historical spaces of African Americans




Settlement geographies of Mexican Americans




Caribbean hispanics : Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Dominicans




Non-hispanic West Indians in New York City




Central Americans : legal status and settledness




Andean South Americans and cultural networks




Chinese Americans : community formation in time and space




Korean culture and entrepreneurship




Filipinos : the invisible ethnic community




Asian Indians and the construction of community and identity




Conflict migrants from Mainland Southeast Asia




Immigrants from the Muslim world : Lebanese and Iranians




New urban ethnic landscapes




Immigrants at work




Ethnic festivals, cultural tourism, and pan-ethnicity