'New Americans' in a 'New-South' city? Immigrant and refugee politics in the Music City

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 421-435

  Winders, Jamie ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Latino migration; Race; Refugee resettlement; Southern US cities; Urban geography

Indexed keywords

ETHNOPOLITICS; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LATINO PEOPLE; REFUGEE; URBAN GEOGRAPHY;

NASHVILLE; NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745324314     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360600715151     Document Type: Article

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