Full Description
Despite the velocity and scale of the cumulative changes of immigrant integration and receptivity infrastructures in fast growing regions of the United States, less research has focused on the new and evolving experiences in these regions in recent years. Editors Paul N. McDaniel and Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez and the contributors in Integration and Receptivity in Immigrant Gateway Metro Regions in the United States fill this gap through case studies of different types of immigrant gateway metro areas. They provide insight into how immigrant settlement, integration, and receptivity processes and practices within each metro area have continued to evolve beyond the nascent experiences documented in the early 2000s. This interdisciplinary volume examines ongoing processes in not only well-established immigrant gateways, but also in previously overlooked regions. This book is a resource for researchers, students, and practitioners to contextualize the ongoing changes in new destination metropolitan regions in the United States and to learn from the challenges, opportunities, and best practices emerging from different metropolitan regional contexts.
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: Twenty-First Century Immigration Geography in the United States, by Paul N. McDaniel and Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez
Chapter 1: Detroit, Michigan: Revitalizing the Rust Belt by Welcoming Immigrants in a Former Gateway, by Xi Huang and Alexis P. Tsoukalas
Chapter 2: Washington, DC: Reception and Integration of Immigrants and Refugees in the National Capital Region, by Elizabeth Chacko
Chapter 3: Miami, Florida: Immigrant Settlement and Impact in the Gateway to the Americas, by Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez, Eric Manley, and Nilofer K. Bharwani
Chapter 4: Atlanta, Georgia: How Institutionalized Reception and Representation of Refugees Changed Immigrant Receptivity in a Major-Emerging Gateway, by Sarah Ryniker
Chapter 5: Charlotte, North Carolina: Multiple Scales of Receptivity in the Queen City, by Paul N. McDaniel and Heather A. Smith
Chapter 6: Greensboro, North Carolina: Immigration and the Spatial Dynamics of Neighborhood Change in the Piedmont Triad, by Nabeela Farhat and Selima Sultana
Chapter 7: Nashville, Tennessee: Immigrant Integration and Rent Burden in the Music City, by Madhuri Sharma and Mikhail Samarin
Chapter 8: Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota: The Success of Somali Elected Officials in the Twin Cities, by Stefanie Chambers and Annika Davies
Chapter 9: Burlington, Vermont: Refugee Resettlement in the Green Mountain State, by Pablo Bose
Chapter 10: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Welcoming Newcomers to the City of Bridges During Times of Crisis, by Jennie L. Schulze
Chapter 11: Louisville, Kentucky: Adaptive Municipal Responses to a Growing Immigrant Community in the Age of COVID-19, by Andrew Lim, Nan Wu, and Karen Aho
Chapter 12: Birmingham, Alabama: Immigrant Integration, Place Branding, and Geographies of Care in the Ridge and Valley, by Paul N. McDaniel
Chapter 13: Des Moines, Iowa: Refugee Resettlement Ecosystems and the Uneven Geographies of Immigrant Incorporation in the Heartland, by Emily Frazier
Chapter 14: Reno, Nevada: "I Just Feel Out of Place There" - Punjabi-Sikh Socio-Spatialities in the Biggest Little City in the World, by Heather L. Benson and Kate A. Berry
Conclusion: Future Trajectories, by Paul N. McDaniel and Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez
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