Ethnic Restructuring in Rural America: Migration and the Changing Faces of Rural Communities in the Great Plains

Professional Geographer

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 130-152

  Barcus, Holly R ^a   Simmons, Laura ^b  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnic restructuring; Great Plains; internal migration; rural population; settlement patterns

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIVERSITY INDEX; ETHNIC MINORITY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; INTERNAL MIGRATION; RURAL POPULATION; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84870972007     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2012.658713     Document Type: Article

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