Multicultural geographies the changing racial/ethnic patterns of the United States /

Frazier, John W.

Multicultural geographies the changing racial/ethnic patterns of the United States / edited by John W. Frazier and Florence M. Margai. - Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, (c)2010. - 1 online resource (x, 286 pages :) : illustrations. - A Global Academic Publishing book .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Multiculturalism and multicultural education in the United States : the contributory role of geography / Culture, cultural landscapes, and the historical contexts for economic expansion, immigration, and group settlements in the United States / U.S. Black geographies -- Black American geographies : the historical and contemporary distributions of African Americans / The plight of African Americans in Michigan : residential segregation, and predictable outcomes in mortgage lending and educational achievement / Predatory lending and race : a case study of a Washington, D.C. lender / Low birth weight and the contribution of residential segregation, New York City, 2000 / U.S. Asian geographies -- Asians in America : some historical and contemporary patterns / What color is segregation? : changing spatial segregation of Asians : 1980-2000 / From the ghetto to the invisiburb : shifting patterns of immigrant settlement in contemporary America / Refugee resettlement in Utica, New York : opportunities and issues for community development / U.S. Latino geographies -- Changing Latino geographies in the United States / Determinants of Latino migration to Allentown, PA / Latino landscapes and Latino-Black districts : a study of Allentown, PA / Diversity comes to a small city : the case of Binghamton, NY / Methods of racial/ethnic data portrayal and analysis -- Reading and mapping America's changing ethnic geomorphologies and palimpsest geographies / The use of a 3-D mapping technique to portray racial and ethnic change / A comparison of traditional and spatial measures of segregation : some empirical findings / Using geo-data techniques to analyze environmental health inequities in minority -- neighborhoods : the case of toxic exposures and low birth weights / Summation -- Summary and conclusions / Florence M. Margai and John W. Frazier -- John W. Frazier and Florence M. Margai -- Eugene Tettey-Fio -- Joe T. Darden -- David H. Kaplan -- Sue C. Grady -- John W. Frazier -- David W.S. Wong -- Emily Skop and Wei Li -- Ellen Percy Kraly and Kristin VanValkenburg -- Mark E. Reisinger and Eugene Tettey-Fio -- Mark E. Reisinger -- Eugene Tettey-Fio -- Suzanna Klaf, Karima Legette, and John W. Frazier -- Stanley D. Brunn -- Lucius S. Willis -- David W.S. Wong -- Florence M. Margai -- Florence M. Margai and John W. Frazier.



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Immigrants--Social conditions.--United States
Minorities--Social conditions.--United States
Social change--United States.
Multicultural education--United States.
Cultural pluralism--United States.
Human geography--United States.


Electronic Books.

E184 / .M858 2010