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Book SynopsisExploring the worldwide boom in immigration, this book traces the profound changes in urban areas as various arrivals have transformed inner cities and suburbs alike into bastions of ethnic economic activity. It is useful for scholars and students in the fields of ethnic studies, urban studies, economic development, geography, and sociology.
Trade ReviewThis trenchant volume brings readers abreast of changing ethnic economies in Berlin, Manchester, Rome, Sydney, and Toronto as well as Cleveland, Miami, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and Phoenix. Also focused thematically around the influence of space on ethnic economies, and the reciprocal impact of ethnic economies on urban landscapes, this book's original approach is a serious contribution to the burgeoning international literature on ethnic economies. -- Ivan Light, University of California, Los Angeles
Kaplan and Li have gathered an impressive international ensemble of geographers to explore an under-examined aspect of the well-studied topic of ethnic economies (ethnic businesses and enclaves) . . . .The case studies are fascinating and useful to anyone interested in ethnic and immigrant community-based businesses as modes of survival. . . . Highly recommended. -- Evelyn Hu-DeHart * CHOICE *
This valuable contribution to the study of ethnic businesses puts the previously ignored issue of space on the research agenda through an encompassing discussion of commercial enclave economies, changing metropolitan landscapes, and place-making. -- Jan Rath, University of Amsterdam
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: The Places of Ethnic Economies Part 2 How Geography Shapes the Ethnic Economy Chapter 3 Scaling Central Place of an Ethnic-Vietnamese Commercial Enclave in New Orleans, Louisiana. Chapter 4 Geographic Boundaries of the Cuban Enclave Economy in Miami Chapter 5 Residential Segregation and Ethnic Economies in a Multicultural City: The Little Portugal of Toronto Chapter 6 Race, Space, Crime and the African-American Entrepreneur: Business Owner Attitudes, Business Success, and the Neighborhood Context Chapter 7 Changing Geography of Toronto's Chinese Ethnic Economy Chapter 8 Gendered Landscapes of Ethnic Economies: Turkish Entrepreneurs in Berlin Part 9 How the Ethnic Economy Shapes the Urban Landscape Chapter 10 How Ethnobanks Matter: Banking and Community/Economic Development in Los Angeles Chapter 11 Ethnic Diversity and the Ethnic Economy in Cosmopolitan Sydney Chapter 12 Latino Business Landscapes and the Hispanic Ethnic Economy Chapter 13 The New Romans: Ethnic Economic Activities in Rome Chapter 14 Spatial and Identity Transformations of the Japanese American Ethnic Economy in Globalizing Los Angeles Chapter 15 The Evolution Of Manchester's Curry Mile: From Suburban Shopping Street To Ethnic Destination
