1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000349800203316

Autore

HAREL, David

Titolo

First-Order dynamic logic

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : Springer Verlag, 1979

Descrizione fisica

131 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Collana

Lecture notes in computer science ; 68

Disciplina

511.3

Collocazione

001 LNCS 68

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910826971603321

Titolo

Beyond the gateway : immigrants in a changing America / / edited by Elzbieta M. Gozdziak and Susan F. Martin ; Raleigh Bailey  [and ten others], contributors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Oxford, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

0-7391-0636-8

0-7391-5242-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (309 p.)

Disciplina

304.8/73

Soggetti

Immigrants - United States - Social conditions

Assimilation (Sociology)

Social integration - United States

Minorities - United States - Social conditions

United States Emigration and immigration Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.



Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Part I: Introduction; 1 New Immigrant Communities and Integration Elżbieta M. Goździak; 2 The Growth and Population Characteristics of Immigrants and Minorities in America's New Settlement States Micah N. Bump, B. Lindsay Lowell, and Silje Pettersen; Part II: Case Studies; 3 New Immigrant Communities in the North Carolina Piedmont Triad: Integration Issues and Challenges Raleigh Bailey; 4 Black and White and the Other: International Immigration and Change in Metropolitan Atlanta Art Hansen

5 Latinos, Africans, and Asians in the North Star State: Immigrant Communities in Minnesota Katherine Fennelly6 From Temporary Picking to Permanent Plucking: Hispanic Newcomers, Integration, and Change in the Shenandoah Valley Micah N. Bump; 7 At the Gates of the Kingdom: Latino Immigrants in Utah, 1900 to 2003 Armando Solórzano; 8 Newcomers in Rural America: Hispanic Immigrants in Rogers, Arkansas Andrew I. Schoenholtz; Part III: Best Practices; 9 Promising Practices for Immigrant Integration Eiżbieta M. Goźidiak and Michael 1 Melia; Part IV: Conclusion

10 Challenges for the Future Elżbieta M. Goidźiak and Susan F. MartinIndex; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

A small but growing number of immigrants today are moving into new settlement areas, such as Winchester, Va., Greensboro, N.C., and Salt Lake City, Utah, that lack a tradition of accepting newcomers. Just as the process is difficult and distressing for the immigrants, it is likewise a significant cause of stress for the regions in which they settle. Long homogeneous communities experience overnight changes in their populations and in the demands placed on schools, housing, law enforcement, social services, and other aspects of infrastructure. Institutions have not been well prepared to cope. L