The Limits of Spatial Assimilation for Immigrants' Full Integration: Emerging Evidence from African Immigrants in Boston and Dublin

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 641, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 220-246

  Vang, Zoua M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

African immigrants; assimilation; inequality; Ireland; neighborhoods; race; residential segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859169209     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716211432280     Document Type: Article

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