| Description |
x, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
How geography shapes the ethnic economy -- Scaling central place of an ethnic-Vietnamese commercial enclave in New Orleans, Louisiana / Christopher Airriess -- Geographic boundaries of the Cuban enclave economy in Miami / Heike Alberts -- Residential segregation and ethnic economies in a multicultural city: the Little Portugal of Toronto / Carlos Texeira -- Race, space, crime, and the African-American entrepreneur: business owner attitudes, business success, and the neighborhood context / David Kaplan and Bessie House -- Changing geography of Toronto's Chinese ethnic economy / Lucia Lo -- Gendered landscapes of ethnic economies: Turkish entrepreneurs in Berlin / Felicitas Hillmann -- How the ethnic economy shapes the urban landscape -- How ethnobanks matter: banking and community/economic development in Los Angeles / Wei Li et al. -- Ethnic diversity and the ethnic economy in cosmopolitan Sydney / Jock Collins -- Latino business landscapes and the Hispanic ethnic economy / Alex Oberle -- The new Romans: ethnic economic activities in Rome / Pierpaolo Mudu -- Spatial and identity transformations of the Japanese American ethnic economy in globalizing Los Angeles -- James M. Smith -- The evolution of Manchester's Curry Mile: from suburban shopping street to ethnic destination / Giles A. Barrett and David McEvoy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Ethnic neighborhoods -- Case studies.
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Ethnic neighborhoods -- Economic aspects -- Case studies.
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Minority business enterprises -- Case studies.
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Urban geography -- Case studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Author |
Kaplan, David H., 1960-
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Li, Wei, 1957-
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| LC no. |
2006010648 |
| ISBN |
9780742529472 cloth alkaline paper |
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0742529479 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780742529489 paperback alkaline paper |
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0742529487 paperback alkaline paper |
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