Latinos in the new South : transformations of place Cover Image

Latinos in the new South : transformations of place / edited by Heather A. Smith and Owen J. Furuseth.

Smith, Heather A. (Added Author). Furuseth, Owen J., 1949- (Added Author).

Summary:

"Over the past decade, Latinos have emerged as one of the fastest-growing ethnic populations in the American South. In a region where culture and class relations have for hundreds of years been constructed along black-white divides and experience absorbing culturally or linguistically foreign immigrants has been limited, today a "New South" is taking shape. This book presents a contemporary and multi-disciplinary examination of the impacts and responses to Latino immigration across the Southeastern United States. The rapid and large-scale movement of Latinos into the region has challenged old precepts and forced Southerners to confront the impacts of globalization and transnationalism in their daily lives. Drawing on theoretical perspectives as well as empirical research, this text provides insights into the Latino experience in both urban and rural locales."--Publisher description.

Electronic resources

Suggest title for digitization

Record details

ISBN: 0754644545
ISBN: 9780754644545
Physical Description: xii, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Publisher: Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2006]
Copyright: ©2006

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

From Winn-Dixie to Tiendas : the remaking of the new South / Owen J. Furuseth and Heather A. Smith -- New neighbors in Dixie : the community impacts of Latino migration to Tennessee / Anita I. Drever -- The South's silent bargain : rural reconstructuring, Latino labor and the ambiguities of migrant experience / Rebecca Maria Torres, E. Jeffrey Popke, and Holly M. Hapke -- Migrants, markets, and the transformation of natural resources management : galax harvesting in western North Carolina / Marla R. Emery, Clare Ginger, and Jim Chamberlain -- New destinations for Hispanic migrants : an analysis of rural Kentucky / Holly R. Barcus -- Hispanic population growth and public school response in two new South immigrant destinations / William A. Kandel and Emilio A. Parrado -- The multiple transformations of Miami / Heike C. Alberts -- Latino communities in Atlanta : segmented assimilation under construction / Susan M. Walcott and Arthur Murphy -- Placing Latino/as in the music city : Latino migration and urban transformation in Nashville, Tennessee / Jamie Winders -- Making real the mythical Latino community in Charlotte, North Carolina / Heather A. Smith and Owen J. Furuseth -- Transnationality, social spaces, and parallel worlds / Altha J. Cravey -- Across races and nations : social justice organizing in the transnational South / Barbara Ellen Smith -- The new South in perspective : observations and conclusions / John W. Frazier and Mark E. Reisinger.