The formation of a hispanic enclave in Nashville, Tennessee

Southeastern Geographer

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-38

  Chaney, James ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enclaves; Hispanic Immigration; Integration; The American South

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ENCLAVE; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LANGUAGE; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

NASHVILLE; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

ESOCIDAE;

EID: 77951945044     PISSN: 0038366X     EISSN: 15496929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sgo.0.0077     Document Type: Article

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