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Immigration and metropolitan revitalization in the United States /

After decades of urban crisis, American cities and suburbs have revived, thanks largely to immigration. This is the first book to explore the phenomenon, from big cities such as New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, to newer destinations such as Nashville and suburban Boston and New Jersey.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Vitiello, Domenic (Editor ), Sugrue, Thomas J., 1962- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc., 2017.
Colección:City in the twenty-first century book series.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Immigration and the new American metropolis / Domenic Vitiello and Thomas J. Sugrue
  • Part I. Immigration and urban transformations. Immigration and the new social transformation of the American city / Robert J. Sampson ; Estimating the impact of immigration on county-level economic indicators / Jacob L. Vigdor ; Immigrants, housing demand, and the economic cycle / Gary Painter
  • Part II. Revitalizing diverse destinations. Revitalizing the suburbs: immigrants in greater Boston since the 1980s / Marilynn S. Johnson ; Immigrant cities as reservations for low-wage labor / Michael B. Katz and Kenneth Ginsburg
  • Part III. The politics of immigration and revitalization. Old maps and new neighbors: the spacial politics of immigrant settlement / Jamie Winders ; Transforming transit-orienteddevelopment projects via immigrant-led revitalization: the MacArthur Park case / Gerardo Francisco Sandoval
  • Part IV. Urban revitalization in transnational context. Migrantes, barrios, and infraestructura: transnational processes of urban revitalization in Chicago / A.K. Sandoval-Strausz ; Liberian reconstruction, transnational development, and Pan-African community revitalization / Domenic Vitiello and Rachel Van Tosh.