Beyond the Gateway Immigrants in a Changing America

by Gozdziak, Elzbieta M.; Martin, Susan F.; Bailey, Raleigh; Bump, Micah N.; Fennelly, Katherine; Gozdziak, Elzbieta M.; Hansen, Art; Lowell, B Lindsay; Melia, Michael J.; Pettersen, Silje; Schoenholtz, Andrew I.; Solórzano, Armando

• ISBN13: 9780739106334
• ISBN10: 0739106333
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-04-28
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

A small but growing number of immigrants today are moving into new settlement areas, such as Winchester, Va., Greensboro, N.C., and Salt Lake City, Utah, that lack a tradition of accepting newcomers. Just as the process is difficult and distressing for th

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction
1 New Immigrant Communities and Integration	3	(16)
Elzbieta M. Gozdziak
2 The Growth and Population Characteristics of Immigrants and Minorities in America's New Settlement States	19	(38)
Micah N. Bump, B. Lindsay Lowell, and Silje Pettersen
Part II: Case Studies
3 New Immigrant Communities in the North Carolina Piedmont Triad: Integration Issues and Challenges	57	(30)
Raleigh Bailey
4 Black and White and the Other: International Immigration and Change in Metropolitan Atlanta	87	(24)
Art Hansen
5 Latinos, Africans, and Asians in the North Star State: Immigrant Communities in Minnesota	111	(26)
Katherine Fennelly
6 From Temporary Picking to Permanent Plucking: Hispanic Newcomers, Integration, and Change in the Shenandoah Valley	137	(40)
Micah N. Bump
7 At the Gates of the Kingdom: Latino Immigrants in Utah, 1900 to 2003	177	(36)
Armando Solórzano
8 Newcomers in Rural America: Hispanic Immigrants in Rogers, Arkansas	213	(28)
Andrew I. Schoenholtz
Part III: Best Practices
9 Promising Practices for Immigrant Integration
Elzbieta M. Gozdziak and Michael J. Melia	241	(36)
Part IV: Conclusion
10 Challenges for the Future	277	(8)
Elzbieta M. Gozdziak and Susan F. Martin
Index	285	(14)
About the Contributors	299