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To call it home : the new immigrants of southwestern Minnesota / by Joseph A. Amato ; with John Meyer ... [et al.].

Title
To call it home : the new immigrants of southwestern Minnesota / by Joseph A. Amato ; with John Meyer ... [et al.].
Author
Amato, Joseph Anthony
Publication
Marshall, Minnesota : Crossings Press, c1996.

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Meyer, John W.
Description
vi, 120 p. : ill., map; 22 cm.
Summary
Information about the newest wave of immigrants to southwestern Minnesota--Africans, Asians, and Hispanics. Responds to such questions as who the newcomers are, why they came, and what they experience upon arrival there. Gives special attention to matters of social services, housing, school, and crime. Seeks a comparative understanding of migration patterns and the different experiences of several food-processing cities in southwestern Minnesota.
Subject
  • Minorities > Minnesota
  • Immigrants > Minnesota
  • Minorities > Services for > Minnesota
  • Immigrants > Services for > Minnesota
  • Population geography > Minnesota
  • Minnesota > Emigration and immigration
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [113]-117).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Methodology -- The newcomers -- Counting the newcomers -- Birds of a feather -- To help or to hate? -- Housing and geography -- Marshall -- Tracy -- Lynd -- Worthington -- St. James and Mountain Lake -- Madelia -- Montevideo and Willmar -- Appendix. Aid programs for newcomers and others.
ISBN
096141197X (pbk.)
LCCN
^^^97200303^
OCLC
  • 36072279
  • SCSB-12513669
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library