Immigrant Geographies of North American Cities

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-543782-9
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 147 mm x 221 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Immigrant Geographies of North American Cities is intended for upper-year undergraduate and graduate students taking geography of immigration courses offered out of geography departments at the university level.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Teixeira, Carlos

Li, Wei

Kobayashi, Audrey

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

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

Über Autor(innen)

Carlos Teixeira, Wei Li, and Audrey Kobayashi

Contributors:
Caroline Andrew (University of Ottawa); James Allen (California State University, Northridge); Thomas Boswell (University of Miami); Thomas Carter (University of Winnipeg); Elizabeth Chacko (The George Washington University); Joe Darden (Michigan State University); Eric Fong (University of Toronto); Els de Graauw (Baruch College, CUNY); Susan Hardwick (University of Oregon); Dirk Hoerder (Arizona State University); Audrey Kobayashi (Queen's University); Helga Leitner (University of Minnesota); Wei Li (Arizona State University); Lucia Lo (York University); Robert A. Murdie (York University); Valerie Preston (York University); Brian Ray (University of Ottawa); Damaris Rose (Institut national de recherché scientifique, Montreal); Emily Skop (University of Colorado, Colorado Springs); Heather Smith (University of North Carolina, Charlotte); Carlos Teixeira (University of British Columbia, Okanagan); Luisa Veronis (University of Ottawa); Domenic Vitiello (University of Pennsylvania); Scott Walker (Arizona State University); Lu Wang (Ryerson University); Qingfang Wang (University of North Carolina, Charlotte); Shuguang Wang (Ryerson University); Lindsay Withers (The George Washington University)