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Author:

Ruble, Blair A., 1949-

Title:

Creating diversity capital : transnational migrants in Montreal, Washington, and Kyiv / Blair A. Ruble.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,
Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xvii, 267 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

City dwellers.
Emigration and immigration--Social aspects--Case studies.
Pluralism (Social sciences)
Hybridity (Social sciences)
Social change
Montréal (Québec)--Social aspects.--Social aspects.
Washington (D.C.)--Social aspects.--Social aspects.
Kiev (Ukraine)--Social aspects.--Social aspects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-253) and index.

Contents:

Creating diversity capital : migrants in divided cities -- Living in the middle -- Working and studying in the middle -- From Saint Jean-Baptiste to Saint Patrick : Montreal's twisting path to intercultural diversity -- Regime change in Washington -- From red to orange : Kyiv's post-Soviet municipal regime -- Diversity capital created -- Appendix: Research design and methodology for the Kyiv surveys.

ISBN:

9780801883019
9780801883002
9780801883019 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801883016 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801883002 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801883008 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61261228

LCCN:

2005022601

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)