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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Ethnic enclave"”.
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Conserving the ethnic enclave : the case of Kampong Glam in Singapore
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning; and, (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1985.
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Migration, multilingualism and adaptation: language as social capital in a present-day Mexican ethnic enclave in the U.S.
… the Spanish language within a Mexican immigrant enclave in Chicago, Illinois. Language use was investigated within four business and translators there in. It aims to uncover valuable insight into the understanding of the specific linguistic use of the businesses within this enclave and how it …
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The Effects of Human Capital, Social Capital, and the Ethnic Enclave Economy on the Earnings of Immigrants (The Case of the Mariel Cuban Émigrés)
<p>This thesis analyzes the extent to which an enclave economy affects the earnings of immigrants compared to that of human and social capital. Ordinal Least Squares (OLS) multiple regressions are used to compare the degree of effects of independent variables on earnings: the first equation is the …
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Health care access of Hispanic immigrants in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
… education, language spoken, and residency in an ethnic enclave. Previous research has shown that residing in an ethnic enclave provided better access to health care for Hispanic immigrants. The demographics of age and gender were also included in this analysis because they affect any individual’s …
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Transclave Economy: Immigrant Business Survival in An Era of Pandemic
The ethnic enclave economy – the spatial clustering of immigrant enterprises where immigrant owners employ workers of their own ethnic or migration background – has been portrayed as a protected labor market where immigrant business owners and workers build beneficial or exploitative relationships. …
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The immigrant experience : networks, skills and the next generation
… Chapter 3 re-assesses the effect of living in an ethnic enclave on labour market outcomes of immigrants. I find evidence of cohort effects in the relationship between mean earnings and the proportion of co-ethnics in the CMA which vary by education level. Next, using information on the proportion …
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The Dark Underbellies of the Littles: A History of the Indo-Guyanese Diaspora, Race and Identity
… as well as the development of the Indo-Guyanese ethnic enclave, “Little Guyana,” located in Queens, New York. This thesis moves beyond the romanticized image of ethnic enclaves in New York City and argues that while perhaps picturesque on the surface, Little Guyana is the result of the fraught …
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From Cuba to Ybor City: Race, Revolution, Nationalism and Afro-Cuban Identity
… and Afro-Cuban identity in the small Florida ethnic enclave of Ybor City in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. It also examines slavery, race, and revolution in nineteenth-century Cuba. The study reveals how Cuban ethnicity and patriotic solidarity ultimately trumped racial …
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The Life and Death of Urban Ethnic Enclaves: Gentrification and Ethnic Fragmentation in Brooklyn's 'Polish Town'
… and market-led gentrification in a fragmenting ethnic neighborhood of Greenpoint, Brooklyn– once home to a vibrant Polish community, now at risk of losing its social character as a traditional ethnic enclave. Extending Albert O. Hirschman’s theory of action to the Polish community in Greenpoint, …
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A comparative study on the social support systems of Somali and Ethiopian migrant traders in Cape Town
… migration theory, social capital theory and ethnic enclave theory. The significance of the study is that knowledge and deeper understanding will be gained from how the two different migrant groups conduct their trade in Cape Town.
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Reluctant Germans: performing identity abroad
… In Cape Town these respondents avoid creating an ethnic enclave and distance themselves from the established German community in the city. Instead they seek contact with citizens of other nation-states and engage in behavior that has been deemed 'cosmopolitan'. This cosmopolitanism surfaces in …
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Neon signs, underground tunnels and Chinese American identity : the many dimension of visual Chinatown
… a real location, or a community? Is it an ethnic enclave only available to insiders, or a fabricated environment designed specifically for tourists? This thesis attempts to reconcile the multiple ways in which Chinatowns in the U.S. are conceived, understood, and used by both insiders and …
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Community building in transitioning neighborhoods
… Rican immigrants founded Villa Victoria as an ethnic enclave in Boston's South End district. However, it is undergoing a demographic shift, and by 2013, more than 40% of the population is not Puerto Rican with influxes of Chinese and African American populations. The older Puerto Rican …
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Diversifying Business Development: Exploring Opportunities to Attract Latino Entrepreneurs to West Virginia
… include financial funding, racial issues, ethnic enclaves, and getting along with people from other cultures. This study builds upon that tradition by exploring Latino business owners in West Virginia. The study will address the following research questions: · Why are there so few …
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Acculturative Stress and Coping Strategies Used by Asian Indians Living in the United States: A Quantitative and Qualitative Inquiry
… of home in the interviews, using the category of ethnic enclave, most of the participants revealed that they missed their home and cited many features: lack of familiar food and festivals, lack of known location, and concerns due to different climatic condition. Also home and family members were …
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Branding Korea or Marketing Ethnicity?: Manhattan’s Koreatown as a Transclave in the Global Economy
… of Manhattan’s Koreatown into a new type of ethnic enclave, a space for “Seoul-style” consumption. The space has received intensive investment by the Korean government, cultivating it as an entertainment space as an opportunity for nation branding and promotion of Korean culture and products …
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The dietary acculturation process in newly immigrated Chinese mothers with dependent children
… both urban and suburban areas as well as from an ethnic enclave. The study sample consisted of 42 participants, with five to eight participants in each of the six focus groups. A semi-structured discussion guide for focus groups was used to facilitate the discussions. To make the research design …
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The Digital Diaspora in Sunset Park: Information and Communication Technologies in Brooklyn’s Chinatown
… to do this despite the severe limitations that ethnic enclave employment places on their time and opportunities, in part because of heavy use of affordable internet cafes in the neighborhood. Building on a growing body of literature on new media and diaspora, this thesis explores the …
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Visuality and the transnational urban space: Koreatown, Los Angeles
Through an ethnographic study (semi-structured interviews, participant observation, photography, and archival research) of Koreatown in Los Angeles, I examine how visuality and countervisuality influence the transnational urban space of Koreatown, Los Angeles. Based on Nicholas Mirzoeff’s (2011) …