Migration and Restructuring in the United States - A Geographic Perspective

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Suzanne Davies Withers Klappentext This groundbreaking book examines the links between migration and the United States' ongoing economic and demographic revolution. Utilizing an explicitly geographic perspective, the contributors highlight the crucial role played by scale and spatial context in both immigration and internal migration. Zusammenfassung This groundbreaking book examines the links between migration and the United States' ongoing economic and demographic revolution. Utilizing an explicitly geographic perspective! the contributors highlight the crucial role played by scale and spatial context in both immigration and internal migration. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Introduction: Geographic Perspectives on Migration and RestructuringSection I: Migration and Economic RestructuringChapter 2: Migration and Persistent Poverty in Rural AmericaChapter 3: Economic Restructuring and Migration in an Old Industrial RegionChapter 4: Social and Economic Change and Intra-Metropolitan MigrationChapter 5: Regional Outcomes of Large Scale Migration in Post Industrial AmericaChapter 6: Restructuring Incentives for U.S. ImmigrationSection II: Migration and Demographic RestructuringChapter 7: Geographic Dimensions of AgingChapter 8: The Geography of the Baby BoomChapter 9: Impacts of Immigrant Fertility on Population Size and CompositionChapter 10: Internal Migration of Foreign-born Latinos and Asians: Are They Assimilating Geographically?Chapter 11: Settlement Dynamics and Internal Migration of the U.S. Foreign-born PopulationChapter 12: Evolutionary Immigrant Settlement PatternsSection III: Methodological Frontiers in Migration ResearchChapter 13: Choice Processes in Migration BehaviorChapter 14: Life Course and Spatial Experience: A Personal Narrative Approach in Migration StudiesChapter 15: Time Series Indicators and Physical Geography Analogies for Migration SystemsChapter 16: Conclusion: The State of Art...

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• Authors: Kavita Withers Pandit, Suzanne Davies Withers
• Assisted by: Kavita Pandit (Editor), Suzanne Withers (Editor), Suzanne D. Withers (Editor), Suzanne Davies Withers (Editor), Withers Suzanne Davies (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.1999
• EAN: 9780847693931
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9393-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Business & Economics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Economic Geography, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples