Can Immigration Save Small-Town America? Hispanic Boomtowns and the Uneasy Path to Renewal

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 641, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-57

  Carr, Patrick J ^a   Lichter, Daniel T ^b   Kefalas, Maria J ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

immigration; policy; rural; small towns; social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859188406     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716211433445     Document Type: Article

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