New Perspectives on Immigrant Contexts of Reception: 'The cultural armature of cities'
We argue that important, overlooked differences in what we call the ‘cultural armature’ of Portland, Maine, and Danbury, Connecticut help explain the variation in how each city received new immigrants in recent years. Portland has a long history of contact with the outside world and used its cosmopo...
Main Authors: | Bernadette Nadya Jaworsky, Peggy Levitt, Wendy Cadge, Jessica Hejtmanek, Sara R. Curran |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Helsinki University Press
2012-03-01
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Series: | Nordic Journal of Migration Research |
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Online Access: | https://journal-njmr.org/articles/56 |
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