Landscapes of the Ethnic Economy

By (author) David H. Kaplan Kent State University Contributions by Christopher A. Airriess Ball State University, Heike Alberts University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Giles A. Barrett, Jock Collins, Felicitas Hillmann, Bessie House, Wei Li Arizona State University, Lucia Lo, David McEvoy, Pierpaolo Mudu, Alex Oberle, James M. Smith, Carlos Gustavo Poggio Teixeira

Publication date:

06 November 2006

Length of book:

192 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Dimensions:

239x161mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9780742529472

Immigration has expanded dramatically in both traditional and emerging receiving nations. This worldwide boom has profoundly altered urban areas as new arrivals have transformed inner cities and suburbs alike into bastions of new ethnic economic activity. Examining the essential role of space in assisting and modifying ethnic business activity, this book considers how ethnic economies are reshaping the urban landscape in the United States, Britain, Australia, Canada, Germany, and Italy. Each chapter explores the significance of urban space and local context in the development of an ethnic economy and how, in turn, ethnic economies have helped to recreate urban neighborhoods. With its international scope and rich case studies, this book will be invaluable for scholars and students alike in the fields of ethnic studies, urban studies, economic development, geography, and sociology.

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Places of Ethnic Economies
Part 2 How Geography Shapes the Ethnic Economy
Chapter 3 Scaling Central Place of an Ethnic-Vietnamese Commercial Enclave in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Chapter 4 Geographic Boundaries of the Cuban Enclave Economy in Miami
Chapter 5 Residential Segregation and Ethnic Economies in a Multicultural City: The Little Portugal of Toronto
Chapter 6 Race, Space, Crime and the African-American Entrepreneur: Business Owner Attitudes, Business Success, and the Neighborhood Context
Chapter 7 Changing Geography of Toronto's Chinese Ethnic Economy
Chapter 8 Gendered Landscapes of Ethnic Economies: Turkish Entrepreneurs in Berlin
Part 9 How the Ethnic Economy Shapes the Urban Landscape
Chapter 10 How Ethnobanks Matter: Banking and Community/Economic Development in Los Angeles
Chapter 11 Ethnic Diversity and the Ethnic Economy in Cosmopolitan Sydney
Chapter 12 Latino Business Landscapes and the Hispanic Ethnic Economy
Chapter 13 The New Romans: Ethnic Economic Activities in Rome
Chapter 14 Spatial and Identity Transformations of the Japanese American Ethnic Economy in Globalizing Los Angeles
Chapter 15 The Evolution Of Manchester's Curry Mile: From Suburban Shopping Street To Ethnic Destination

This trenchant volume brings readers abreast of changing ethnic economies in Berlin, Manchester, Rome, Sydney, and Toronto as well as Cleveland, Miami, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and Phoenix. Also focused thematically around the influence of space on ethnic economies, and the reciprocal impact of ethnic economies on urban landscapes, this book's original approach is a serious contribution to the burgeoning international literature on ethnic economies.