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Global Lives, Local Struggles: Latin American Immigrants in Atlanta
Mary Odem, Emory University


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Print Materials
Arthur D. Murphy, et al., Latino Workers in the Contemporary South (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2001)

Roger Rouse, “Mexican Migration and the Social Space of Post-Modernism” Diaspora 1(1991): 8-23.

Jeffry Scott, " Influx Of Hispanics, Asians Marks Metro Area’s Growth," (Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 26 August 2004,) reprinted on American Renaissance.
http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2004/08/influx_of_hispa.php

Smith, Heather A. and Owen J. Furuseth, eds. Latinos in the New South: Transformations of a Place. Aldershot, England: Ashgate Publishing, 2006.

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From: Rakesh Kochhar, Roberto Suro and Sonya Tafoya. "The New Latino South: The Context and Consequences of Rapid Population Growth," (Washington, D.C.: Pew Hispanic Center, 26 July 2005)
http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=50

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US  Map: Hispanic Growth by State, 1990-2000
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Map of Mexico featuring state of Jalisco and the town of Ejido Modelo Emiliano Zapata
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Metro Atlanta Hispanic Population, 1990
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Metro Atlanta Hispanic Population, 2000

Links
Rakesh Kochhar, Roberto Suro and Sonya Tafoya. "The New Latino South: The Context and Consequences of Rapid Population Growth," (Washington, D.C.: Pew Hispanic Center, 26 July 2005) http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=50

Lewis Mumford Center, "Hispanic Population Data for the Metropolitan Statistical Areas: Atlanta, GA,"
http://mumford.albany.edu/census/HispanicPop/HspPopData/520msa.htm

Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) Bus and Rail Map
http://www.itsmarta.com/maps/viewer.asp

Audrey Singer, “The Rise of New Immigrant Gateways,” (Washington DC: The Brookings Institution, February 2004).
http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2004/02demographics_singer.aspx

Barbara Ellen Smith, "Rethinking Southern Communities," U. S. South in Global Contexts Conference (Southern Spaces, February 2004)
http://southernspaces.org/contents/2004/global_context/1a.htm

Roberto Suro, “Remittance Senders and Receivers: Tracking the Transnational Channels,” (Washington, D.C.: Pew Hispanic Center, 2003).
http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=23

Jamie Winders, "Latino Migration and Nashville, Tennessee," U. S. South in Global Contexts Conference (Southern Spaces, February 2004)
http://southernspaces.org/contents/2004/global_context/1a.htm

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Published: 19 May 2006

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