Spaces of Encounters: Immigration, Race, Class, and the Politics of Belonging in Small-Town America

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 828-846

  Leitner, Helga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

encounter; immigration; politics of belonging; racialization; small town United States

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; CLASS; IMMIGRATION; MULTICULTURALISM; RACE; RURAL SOCIETY;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863520594     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.601204     Document Type: Article

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