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1 online resource (xv, 389 pages) : illustrations |
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1. The Housing And Economic Experiences Of Immigrants In Canada And The United States / Audrey Kobayashi -- Introduction To Part One: The Housing Experiences Of Immigrants / Carlos Teixeira / Wei Li -- 2. Homeownership Among Immigrants In Canada And The United States: Similarities And Differences / Carlos Teixeira -- 3. Household Formation And Homeownership: A Comparison Of Immigrant Racialized Minority Cohorts In Canada And The United States / Joe T. Darden -- 4. How Are Sri Lankan Tamils Doing In Toronto's Housing Markets? A Comparative Study Of Refugee Claimants And Family Class Migrants / Zhou Yu / Michael Haan -- 5. A Two-Sided Question: The Negative And Positive Impacts Of Gentrification On Portuguese Residents In West-Central Toronto / Sutama Ghosh -- 6. The Good, The Bad, And The Suburban: Tracing North American Theoretical Debates About Ethnic Enclaves, Ethnic Suburbs, And Housing Preference / Robert A. Murdie / Carlos Teixeira |
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7. Housing Experiences And Trajectories Among Ethnoburban Chinese In Los Angeles: Achieving Chinese Immigrants' American Dream / Virpal Kataure / Margaret Walton-Roberts -- Introduction To Part Two: The Economic Experiences Of Immigrants In Canada And The United States / Wan Yu -- 8. The Colour Of Money Redux: Immigrant/ethnic Earnings Disparity In Canada, 1991-2006 / John R. Miron -- 9. Immigrant Underemployment In The Us Urban Labour Markets / Krishna Pendakur / Ravi Pendakur -- 10. The Latino Commercial Landscape And Evolving Hispanic Immigrant Population In Two Midwestern Metropolitan Areas / Tetiana Lysenko / Qingfang Wang -- 11. Immigrant Entrepreneurship In The Washington Metropolitan Area: Opportunities And Challenges Facing Ethnic Minorities / Alex Oberle -- 12. Financing Immigrant Small Businesses In Canada And The United States / Marie Price / Elizabeth Chacko -- 13. Immigrant Experiences And Integration Trajectories In North American Cities: An Overview And Commentary On Themes And Concepts / Wei Li / Lucia Lo |
| Summary |
The Housing and Economic Experiences of Immigrants in U.S. and Canadian Cities is a collection of essays examining how recent immigrants have fared in getting access to jobs and housing in urban centres across the continent |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Immigrants -- Housing -- United States
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Immigrants -- Housing -- Canada
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Immigrants -- United States -- Economic conditions
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Immigrants -- Canada -- Economic conditions
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Urban economics.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
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HOUSE & HOME -- General.
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Immigrants -- Economic conditions
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Immigrants -- Housing
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Urban economics
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Canada
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Teixeira, Carlos, 1959- editor.
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Li, Wei, 1957- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781442622890 |
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144262289X |
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