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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785167503321

Autore

Gimpel James G

Titolo

Separate destinations : migration, immigration, and the politics of places / / James G. Gimpel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, Mich. : , : University of Michigan Press, , 1999

ISBN

1-282-63883-1

9786612638831

0-472-02312-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (428 pages) ; : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

304.8/0973

Soggetti

Immigrants - Political activity - United States

Minorities - Political activity - United States

Migration, Internal - United States

Elections - United States

Political participation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-383) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Tables; Preface; 1. Population Mobility and Political Change in the American Electorate; 2. California: Diversity at a Distance; 3. Colorado: National Crossroads; 4. Kansas: High Growth Islands in a Sea of Decline; 5. Kentucky: Biracial Balkanization; 6. Florida: Segregated Heterogeneity; 7. Pennsylvania: Deindustrialization and Division; 8. New York: The Clustered Masses; 9. Population Mobility and Ethnic Divisions in the American Electorate; Appendix A: Variables and Variable Definitions; Appendix B: Basics of Spatial Regression Analysis; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Shows the effect on elections of the different settlement patterns of immigrants and native migrants in the United States