Selected Reading List on Immigration

National

The Hispanic challenge
Author: Huntington, Samuel. 2004a..
Foreign Policy 141: 30-45.

"Testing Huntington: Is Hispanic Immigration a Threat to American Identity?"
Authors: Jack Citrin, Amy Lerman, Michael Murakami, and Kathryn Pearson
Issue: March 2007
Journal: Perspectives on Politics

"Culture Clash? Contesting Notions of American Identity and the Effects of Latin American Immigration"
Author: Luis R. Fraga and Gary M. Segura
Issue: Jun. 2006
Journal: Perspectives

"Measuring Immigrant Assimilation in the United States"
Author: Jacob Vigdor, Professor, Duke University
for The Manhattan Institute's Center for Civic Innovation
First Annual Index of Immigrant Assimilation

"Mexican Americans and the American Dream"
Author: Richard Alba
Issue: Jun. 2006
Journal: PS: Political Science & Politics

"Mexican Immigrant Political and Economic Incorporation"
Author: Frank D. Bean, Susan K. Brown and Rubén G. Rumbaut
Issue: Jun. 2006
Journal: PS: Political Science & Politics

"¡Si, Se Puede! Latino Candidates and the Mobilization of Latino Voters"
Author: Matt A. Barreto
Issue: August 2007
Journal: American Political Science Association

Regional

SPECIAL ISSUE: The Latino Experince in the Great Plains. Great Plains Research. FALL 2000 VOL. 10/NO. 2

"Latinos on the Great Plains: An Overview" Refugio I. Rochín 243. Great Plains Research. FALL 2000 VOL. 10/NO. 2

"Attitudes of Selected Latino Oldtimers Toward Newcomers: A Photo Elicitation Study" D. A. Lopez 253. Great Plains Research. FALL 2000 VOL. 10/NO. 2

"Health-Care Utilization and the Status of Latinos in Rural Meat-Processing Communities" Joe Blankenau, Joni Boye-Beaman, and Keith Mueller 275 Great Plains Research. FALL 2000 VOL. 10/NO. 2

"The Use of an Ethnic Food Frequency Questionnaire among Hispanic Women" Linda S. Boeckner, Susan A. Jordan, and Marilynn I. Schnepf 295 Great Plains Research. FALL 2000 VOL. 10/NO. 2

"Global Forces and Latino Population Growth in the Midwest: A Regional and Subregional Analysis" Lourdes Gouveia and Rogelio Saenz 305 Great Plains Research. FALL 2000 VOL. 10/NO. 2

"Rethinking Human Services for Latinos in the Plains: New Paradigms and Recommendations for Practice" Robert P. Moreno, Lawrence P. Hernandez, Jennifer D. Schroeder, and Ani Yazedjian 387 Great Plains Research. FALL 2000 VOL. 10/NO. 2

"Culture and Ecology of Latinos on the Great Plains: an Introduction" Gustavo Carlo, Miguel A. Carranza, and Byron L. Zamboanga 3 SPRING 2002 VOL. 12/NO. 1

"Latino Families in the Perinatal Period: Cultural Issues in Dealing with the Health-care System" J. Martín Maldonada-Durán, Maria Muguía-Wellman, Sari Lubin, and Teresa Lartigue 75 Great Plains Research. SPRING 2002 VOL. 12/NO. 1

"Migrations of Grassland Communities and Grazing Philosophies in the Great Plains: A Review and Implications for Management" Joe C. Truett 3 Great Plains Research. SPRING 2003 VOL. 13/NO. 1

"Geography of Population Change and Redistribution within the Post-Frontier Great Plains" J. Clark Archer and Richard E. Lonsdale 43 Great Plains Research. SPRING 2003 VOL. 13/NO. 1

"Changes in Asian and Hispanic Population in the Cities of the Great Plains, 1990-2000" Evelyn Ravuri 75 Great Plains Research. SPRING 2003 VOL. 13/NO. 1

"Examining Strengths and Challenges of Rapid Rural Immigration" Rochelle L. Dalla, Francisco Villarruel, Sheran C. Cramer, and Gloria Gonzalez-Kruger 231 Great Plains Research. FALL 2004 VOL. 14/NO. 2

"New Immigrants in the Great Plains: Strengths and Challenges" John DeFrain, Rochelle Dalla, Douglas A. Abbott, and Julie Johnson 163 Great Plains Research. FALL 2004 VOL. 14/NO. 2

"An Analysis of Refugee Resettlement Patterns in the Great Plains" John Gaber, Sharon Gaber, Jeff Vincent, and Darcy Boellstorff 165 Great Plains Research. FALL 2004 VOL. 14/NO. 2

State

"Latinos Along the Platte: The Hispanic Experience in Central Nebraska" Roger P. Davis 27 SPRING 2002 VOL. 12/NO. 1

"A View of Sudanese Refugee Resettlement through Nebraska's Print Media" Mary S. Willis and Constance J. Fernald 271 [2004 Leslie Hewes Award] Great Plains Research. FALL 2004 VOL. 14/NO. 2

"Epilogue: We Welcome the New Immigrants" John DeFrain, Rochelle L. Dalla, Douglas A. Abbott, and Julie Johnson 335 Great Plains Research. FALL 2004 VOL. 14/NO. 2

"Becoming Neighbors or Remaining Strangers? Latinos and Residential Segregation in the Heartland" Ana-María Gonzalez Wahl, Steven E. Gunkel, and Bennie Shobe, Jr. 297 Great Plains Research. FALL 2005 VOL. 15/NO. 2

Local

"Good Friday in Omaha, Nebraska: A Mexican Celebration" Maria S. Arbelaez 13 SPRING 2002 VOL. 12/NO. 1

"The Impact of Immigration on a local Economy: The Case of Dawson County, Nebraska" Orn Bodvarsson and Hendrik van den Berg 291-309 Great Plains Research. SPRING 2003 VOL. 13/NO. 2

"A Case Study of the Impact of Population Influx on a Small Community in Nebraska" James Potter, Rodrigo Cantarero, X. Winson Yan, Steve Larrick, and Blanca Ramirez-Salazar 219 Great Plains Research. FALL 2004 VOL. 14/NO. 2

"Si, Se Puede: Organizing Latino Immigrant Workers in South Omaha's Meatpacking Industry" Jackie Gabriel Springer, Journal of Labor Research. 2007

"Latino Immigrants, Meatpacking, and Rural Communities: A Case Study of Lexington, Nebraska" by Lourdes Gouveia and Donald D. Stull Julian Samora Research Institute Research Report No. 26 August 1997t

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