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Klappentext Immigrant Geographies of North American Cities is a core or supplemental contributed text suitable for urban geography courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level that emphasize immigration, migration, and settlement. There are also secondary markets in urban studies, ethnic studies, and immigration and settlement studies programs. Zusammenfassung Immigrant Geographies of North American Cities is unique in that most chapters are written by both an American and a Canadian scholar, drawn from among the top scholars in both countries. This textbook gives students access to a wide variety of scholarly perspectives, to help create a foundation for their study and research. This book also fills a gap in scholarly literature on immigrant geographies, by providing a text book that compares and contrasts immigrant experiences in the Unites States those experiences in Canada.Part I examines the history of immigration in both countries, and the current immigration situation in the major receiving centres in both countries.Part II examines the imprint of immigration on North American cities and suburbs by looking at the barriers and opportunities immigrants face in obtaining accessing housing, achieving socioeconomic and economic parity with the native-born population, access to quality health care, and improving rates of political incorporation. Part II also looks at the settlement patterns of newly arrived immigrants, compares current patterns to historical trends, and evaluates the role that gender plays in forming these patterns.Part III examines the specific patterns of immigration for four non-European immigrant groups. The first three chapters in Part III look at the experiences of Asian, Latin American, and Black immigrants by comparing and contrasting specific countries of origin and specific receiving centres for each group in both Canada and the United States. The last chapter focuses on cross border migration between Canada and the United States and the impact that these immigrants have on their new countries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction: Immigrant Geographies: Issues and Debates Audrey Kobayashi, Wei Li, and Carlos Teixeira Part I: The Internationalization of North American Cities and Suburbs 1: Going Local: Canadian and American Immigration Policy in the New Century Helga Leitner and Valerie Preston 2: Immigration Trends in the United States and Canada: A Historical Perspective Dirk Hoerder and Scott Walker Part II: The Imprint of Immigration in North American Cities and Suburbs 3: Immigration and Urban and Suburban Settlements Robert A. Murdie and Emily Skop 4: The Spatial Segregation and Socio-economic Inequality of Immigrant Groups Joe Darden and Eric Fong 5: Immigrants, Refugees, and Housing Thomas Carter and Domenic Vitiello 6: Economic Experiences of Immigrants Lucia Lo and Wei Li 7: How Gender Matters to Immigration and Settlement in Canadian and US Cities Damaris Rose and Brian Ray 8: Immigration, Health, and Health Care Lu Wang, Elizabeth Chacko, and Lindsay Withers 9: Immigrant Political Incorporation in American and Canadian Cities Els de Graauw and Caroline Andrew Part III: Immigrant Groups in North American Cities and Suburbs 10: Contemporary Asian Immigrants in the United States and Canada Shuguang Wang and Qingfang Wang 11: Contemporary Profiles of Black Immigrants in the United States and Canada Thomas Boswell and Brian Ray 12: Latin American Immigrants: Parallel and Diverging Geographies Luisa Veronis and Heather Smith 13: Crossing the 49th Parallel: American Immigrants in Canada and Canadians in the US Susan Hardwick and Heather Smith Conclusion: A Review and Some Significant Findings James Allen and Carlos Teixeira Glossary Index ...
