Multicultural Geographies

The Changing Racial/Ethnic Patterns of the United States

John W. Frazier, Florence M. Margai, John W. Frazier, Florence M. Margai

• Publisher: Distribution Partners
• Year: 2010
• Print ISBN: 9781438436821
• eBook ISBN: 9781438436838
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Demography
• Index: Social Sciences

Geographical perspectives on the changing patterns of race and ethnicity in the United States.

In an approach that differs from other publications on U.S. multiculturalism, Multicultural Geographies examines the changing patterns of race and ethnicity in the United States from geographical perspectives. It reflects the significant contributions made by geographers in recent years to our understanding of the day-to-day experiences of American minorities and the historical and current processes that account for living spaces, persistent patterns of segregation and group inequalities, and the complex geographies that continue to evolve at local and regional levels across the country. One of the book's underlying themes is the dynamic and complex nature of U.S. multiculturalism and the academic difficulty in evaluating it from a single viewpoint or theoretical stance. As such, Multicultural Geographies is derived from the joint efforts of selected scholars to bring together diverse perspectives and approaches in documenting the experiences of American minorities and the issues that affect them.

Table of contents

• Multicultural Geographies
• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• Preface
• I. Introduction
• Chapter 1. Multiculturalism and Multicultural Educationin the United States: The Contributory Role of Geography
• Chapter 2. Culture, Cultural Landscapes and the Historical Contexts for Economic Expansion, Immigration and Group Settlements in the United States
• II. U.S. Black Geographies
• Chapter 3. Black American Geographies: The Historical and Contemporary Distributions of African Americans
• Chapter 4. The Plight of African Americans in Michigan: Residential Segregation, and Predictable Outcomes in Mortgage Lending and Educational Achievement
• Chapter 5. Predatory Lending and Race: A Case Study of a Washington, D.C. Lender
• Chapter 6. Low Birth Weight and the Contribution of Residential Segregation, New York City, 2000
• III U.S. Asian Geographies
• Chapter 7. Asians in America: Some Historical and Contemporary Patterns
• Chapter 8. What Color is Segregation? Changing Spatial Segregation of Asians: 1980–2000
• Chapter 9. From the Ghetto to the Invisiburb: Shifting Patterns of Immigrant Settlement in Contemporary America
• Chapter 10. Refugee Resettlement in Utica, New York: Opportunities and Issues for Community Development
• IV U.S. Latino Geographies
• Chapter 11. Changing Latino Geographies in the United States
• Chapter 12. Determinants of Latino Migration to Allentown, PA
• Chapter 13. Latino Landscapes and Latino-Black Districts: A Study of Allentown, PA
• Chapter 14. Diversity Comes to a Small City: The Case of Binghamton, NY
• V. Methods of Racial/Ethnic Data Portrayal and Analysis
• Chapter 15. Reading and Mapping America’s Changing Ethnic Geomorphologies and Palimpsest Geographies
• Chapter 16. The Use of a 3-D Mapping Technique to Portray Racial and Ethnic Change
• Chapter 17. A Comparison of Traditional and Spatial Measures of Segregation: Some Empirical Findings
• Chapter 18. Using Geo-Data Techniques to Analyze Environmental Health Inequities in Minority Neighborhoods: The Case of Toxic Exposures and Low Birth Weights
• Summation
• Chapter 19. Summary and Conclusions
• Index
• Contributors