Beyond Segregation : Multiracial and Multiethnic Neighborhoods in the United States.

By: Maly, Michael TMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2005Description: 1 online resource (289 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781592131365Subject(s): Cultural pluralism -- United States | Discrimination in housing -- United States | Ethnic neighborhoods -- United States | Multiculturalism -- United States | United States -- Ethnic relations | United States -- Race relationsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Beyond Segregation : Multiracial and Multiethnic Neighborhoods in the United StatesDDC classification: 305.8/00973 LOC classification: HT221Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Racial and Ethnic Segregation and Integration in Urban America -- 2 Changing Demographics, Multiethnic and Multiracial Neighborhoods, and Unplanned Diversity -- 3 Uptown, Chicago -- 4 Jackson Heights, New York -- 5 San Antonio-Fruitvale, Oakland -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Summary: At a time when cities appear to be fragmenting mosaics of ethnic enclaves, it is reassuring to know there are still stable multicultural neighborhoods. Beyond Segregation offers a tour of some of America's best known multiethnic neighborhoods: Uptown in Chicago, Jackson Heights (Queens), and San Antonio-Fruitvale in Oakland. Readers will learn the history of the neighborhoods and develop an understanding of the people that reside in them, the reasons they stay, and the work it takes to maintain each neighborhood as an affordable, integrated place to live.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Racial and Ethnic Segregation and Integration in Urban America -- 2 Changing Demographics, Multiethnic and Multiracial Neighborhoods, and Unplanned Diversity -- 3 Uptown, Chicago -- 4 Jackson Heights, New York -- 5 San Antonio-Fruitvale, Oakland -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.

At a time when cities appear to be fragmenting mosaics of ethnic enclaves, it is reassuring to know there are still stable multicultural neighborhoods. Beyond Segregation offers a tour of some of America's best known multiethnic neighborhoods: Uptown in Chicago, Jackson Heights (Queens), and San Antonio-Fruitvale in Oakland. Readers will learn the history of the neighborhoods and develop an understanding of the people that reside in them, the reasons they stay, and the work it takes to maintain each neighborhood as an affordable, integrated place to live.

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