Twenty-first-century gateways : immigrant incorporation in suburban America /

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Imprint:Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2008.
Description:xiii, 331 p. : ill, maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:James A. Johnson metro series
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6826899
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Other authors / contributors:Singer, Audrey.
Hardwick, Susan Wiley.
Brettell, Caroline.
ISBN:9780815779261 (cloth : alk. paper)
0815779267 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780815779278 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0815779275 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"Focuses on the fastest-growing immigrant populations among "second-tier" metropolitan areas. Examines the changes wrought by these new suburban settlement patterns and provides comparative analysis of immigration trends and local policy responses in these gateways. Case examples explore the challenges of newcomer integration, as well as immigration's impact on suburban infrastructure"--Provided by publisher.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I. The New Metropolitan Geography of Immigration
  • 1. Twenty-First-Century Gateways: An Introduction
  • 2. Toward a Suburban Immigrant Nation
  • Part II. Emerging Gateways: The Leading Edge of Change
  • 3. "Big D": Incorporating New Immigrants in a Sunbelt Suburban Metropolis
  • 4. Diverging Trajectories: Asian and Latino Immigration in Metropolitan Phoenix
  • 5. Unsettled in the Suburbs: Latino Immigration and Ethnic Diversity in Metro Atlanta
  • 6. Edge Gateways: Immigrants, Suburbs, and the Politics of Reception in Metropolitan Washington
  • Part III. Re-Emerging Gateways: Attracting Immigrants Again
  • 7. Immigrant Space and Place in Suburban Sacramento
  • 8. Impediments to the Integration of Immigrants: A Case Study in the Twin Cities
  • 9. "Placing" the Refugee Diaspora in Suburban Portland, Oregon
  • Part IV. Pre-Emerging Gateways: Unexpected Change
  • 10. Austin: Immigration and Transformation Deep in the Heart of Texas
  • 11. The "Nuevo South": Latino Place Making and Community Building in the Middle-Ring Suburbs of Charlotte
  • Afterword: Coming to Terms with Federal and Local Immigration Reform
  • Contributors
  • Index