An analysis of differential migration patterns in the Black Belt and the New South

Southeastern Geographer

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 146-163

  Ambinakudige, Shrinidhi ^a   Parisi, Domenico ^a   Grice, Steven M ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Migration flows; The Black Belt; The South

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT; MIGRATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864319107     PISSN: 0038366X     EISSN: 15496929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sgo.2012.0012     Document Type: Article

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