Multicultural geographies : the changing racial/ethnic patterns of the United States / / edited by John W. Frazier and Florence M. Margai

• Pubblicazione: Albany, NY, : State University of New York Press, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (303 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.800973
• Soggetto topico: Cultural pluralism - United States; Human geography - United States; Immigrants - United States - Social conditions; Minorities - United States - Social conditions; Multicultural education - United States; Social change - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Ethnic relations; United States Geography; United States Race relations; United States Study and teaching
• Altri autori: FrazierJohn W MargaiFlorence M
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Multiculturalism and multicultural education in the United States : the contributory role of geography / Florence M. Margai and John W. Frazier -- Culture, cultural landscapes, and the historical contexts for economic expansion, immigration, and group settlements in the United States / John W. Frazier and Florence M. Margai -- U.S. Black geographies -- Black American geographies : the historical and contemporary distributions of African Americans / Eugene Tettey-Fio -- The plight of African Americans in Michigan : residential segregation, and predictable outcomes in mortgage lending and educational achievement / Joe T. Darden -- Predatory lending and race : a case study of a Washington, D.C. lender / David H. Kaplan -- Low birth weight and the contribution of residential segregation, New York City, 2000 / Sue C. Grady -- U.S. Asian geographies -- Asians in America : some historical and contemporary patterns / John W. Frazier -- What color is segregation? : changing spatial segregation of Asians : 1980-2000 / David W. S. Wong -- From the ghetto to the invisiburb : shifting patterns of immigrant settlement in contemporary America / Emily Skop and Wei Li -- Refugee resettlement in Utica, New York : opportunities and issues for community development / Ellen Percy Kraly and Kristin VanValkenburg -- U.S. Latino geographies -- Changing Latino geographies in the United States / Mark E. Reisinger and Eugene Tettey-Fio -- Determinants of Latino migration to Allentown, PA / Mark E. Reisinger -- Latino landscapes and Latino-Black districts : a study of Allentown, PA / Eugene Tettey-Fio -- Diversity comes to a small city : the case of Binghamton, NY / Suzanna Klaf, Karima Legette, and John W. Frazier -- Methods of racial/ethnic data portrayal and analysis -- Reading and mapping America's changing ethnic geomorphologies and palimpsest geographies / Stanley D. Brunn -- The use of a 3-D mapping technique to portray racial and ethnic change / Lucius S. Willis -- A comparison of traditional and spatial measures of segregation : some empirical findings / David W.S. Wong -- Using geo-data techniques to analyze environmental health inequities in minority -- neighborhoods : the case of toxic exposures and low birth weights / Florence M. Margai -- Summation -- Summary and conclusions / Florence M. Margai and John W. Frazier.
• Sommario/riassunto: Geographical perspectives on the changing patterns of race and ethnicity in the United States.
• Titolo autorizzato: Multicultural geographies
• ISBN: 9781438436838; 1438436831
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910958388503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Global academic publishing book.