Thoroughly revised and updated in this second edition, this clear and thoughtful text offers a geographical analysis of the history of U.S. immigration patterns and the development of selected ethnic minority groups. The book focuses especially on their origin, diffusion, socioeconomic characteristics, and settlement patterns within the United States. The book sets the context with opening chapters that discuss migration theory and the history of U.S. migration from 1607 to the present, including major U.S. immigration legislation, and provide a background for the time of entry, volume, and spatial distribution of various groups. Case-study chapters then analyze each of those groups, including Native Americans and those of African, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Cuban, Jewish, Japanese, Chinese, and Indochinese origin. The final section of the book explores rural and urban ethnic enclaves, focusing especially on immigrant groups of European heritage and their impacts on the cultural landscape of the United States.
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Provides a comprehensive overview of the major American Ethnic groups with a geographical emphasis. The contributors to this text represent a broad range of scholars of geography, each of whom brings a unique and interesting perspective to the study of each group and to the focus given to their histories, geographical distribution, and settlement patterns. McKee and his contributors have made a valuable contribution to the study and teaching of American ethnic geography. Professional Geographer A solid book by reputable scholars that is virtually unique in the market. Upper-division courses on ethnic and cultural geography will find it an invaluable text. -- Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov, University of Texas at Austin
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Höhe: 261 mm
Breite: 187 mm
Dicke: 29 mm
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978-0-7425-0034-1 (9780742500341)
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Jesse O. McKee is professor of geography at The University of Southern Mississippi.
Part 1 Part I: Migration Theory and Immigration Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Humanity on the Move Part 4 Part II: Selected Minorities in the United States Chapter 5 The Native American Chapter 6 The Evolving Spatial Pattern of Black America: 1910-1990 and Beyond Chapter 7 Mexican Americans Chapter 8 Cuban Americans Chapter 9 Puerto Ricans Living in the United States Chapter 10 American Jews Chapter 11 The Japanese in America Chapter 12 The Chinese in America Chapter 13 Mainland Southeast Asian Refugees: Migration, Settlement, and Adaptation Part 14 Part III: Rural and Urban Ethnic Islands Chapter 15 The Character and Composition of Rural Ethnic Islands Chapter 16 Urban Ethnic Islands
