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Chapter 5. Immigrant Cities as Reservations for Low- Wage Labor

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© 2017 University of Pennsylvania Press, 3905 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112

© 2017 University of Pennsylvania Press, 3905 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Introduction: Immigration and the New American Metropolis 1
  4. Part I. Immigration and Urban Transformations
  5. Chapter 1. Immigration and the New Social Transformation of the American City 11
  6. Chapter 2. Estimating the Impact of Immigration on County-Level Economic Indicators 25
  7. Chapter 3. Immigrants, Housing Demand, and the Economic Cycle 39
  8. Part II. Revitalizing Diverse Destinations
  9. Chapter 4. Revitalizing the Suburbs: Immigrants in Greater Boston Since the 1980s 67
  10. Chapter 5. Immigrant Cities as Reservations for Low- Wage Labor 80
  11. Part III. The Politics of Immigration and Revitalization
  12. Chapter 6. Old Maps and New Neighbors: The Spatial Politics of Immigrant Settlement 95
  13. Chapter 7. Transforming Transit-Oriented Development Projects via Immigrant-Led Revitalization: The MacArthur Park Case 111
  14. Part IV. Urban Revitalization in Transnational Context
  15. Chapter 8. Migrantes, Barrios, and Infraestructura: Transnational Processes of Urban Revitalization in Chicago 133
  16. Chapter 9. Liberian Reconstruction, Transnational Development, and Pan-African Community Revitalization 154
  17. Notes 171
  18. List of Contributors 197
  19. Index 199
  20. Acknowledgments 207
Immigration and Metropolitan Revitalization in the United States
This chapter is in the book Immigration and Metropolitan Revitalization in the United States
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812293951-006

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Introduction: Immigration and the New American Metropolis 1
  4. Part I. Immigration and Urban Transformations
  5. Chapter 1. Immigration and the New Social Transformation of the American City 11
  6. Chapter 2. Estimating the Impact of Immigration on County-Level Economic Indicators 25
  7. Chapter 3. Immigrants, Housing Demand, and the Economic Cycle 39
  8. Part II. Revitalizing Diverse Destinations
  9. Chapter 4. Revitalizing the Suburbs: Immigrants in Greater Boston Since the 1980s 67
  10. Chapter 5. Immigrant Cities as Reservations for Low- Wage Labor 80
  11. Part III. The Politics of Immigration and Revitalization
  12. Chapter 6. Old Maps and New Neighbors: The Spatial Politics of Immigrant Settlement 95
  13. Chapter 7. Transforming Transit-Oriented Development Projects via Immigrant-Led Revitalization: The MacArthur Park Case 111
  14. Part IV. Urban Revitalization in Transnational Context
  15. Chapter 8. Migrantes, Barrios, and Infraestructura: Transnational Processes of Urban Revitalization in Chicago 133
  16. Chapter 9. Liberian Reconstruction, Transnational Development, and Pan-African Community Revitalization 154
  17. Notes 171
  18. List of Contributors 197
  19. Index 199
  20. Acknowledgments 207
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