Overlapping Ethnicities and Negotiated Space
Atlanta's Buford Highway
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12145358 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan M Walcott (0000-0002-6702-6120, Georgia State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 51-75 |
| Publication date | 2002-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Cultural Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0887-3631 • E-ISSN: 1940-6320 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08873630209478281 |
| OpenAlex | W2082670281 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 24 |
The unique intermingling of numerous businesses reflecting varied ethnic affiliations along Buford Highway in Metro Atlanta offers a case study combining cultural, social, and urban geography. Studies of ethnic retail concentrations generally locus on one particular group; the Buford Corridor offers a strikingly linear picture of coevolving interwoven multiethnic retail and residential spaces. This research examines the built environment for evidence of population succession and entrepreneurial cultural adaptation strategies in which different groups are over- and underrepresented in relation to their regional presence. Explanatory factors proposed include the types of immigrants, timing of arrival in Atlanta, and host society absorptive capacity as epitomized by key individuals and organizations. The predominance of ethnic Chinese from a variety of countries is noted, as well as a secondary migration How leaving California for better job opportunities elsewhere. An ethnic bipolar labor market enhances assimilation and interweaving of different skill and resource levels in the same ethnic establishments and shopping areas
Archaeology · Atlanta · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Ethnic group · Geography · Immigration · Metropolitan area · Political science · Population · Regional science · Sociology · Demography · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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Welcoming immigrant integration beyond the local level
Becoming “Hispanic” in the “New South
Immigrant businesses, place-making, and community development
Welcoming Cities/Unwelcoming States
Ethnic enterprises and community development
Ethnic concentration and entrepreneurship
Leave or stay? The small business landscape along Buford highway
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Leisure space reflecting changing city demography
Dynamics of Spanish-Language Neighborhoods in Chicago and Atlanta
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Receptivity's Construction in Public Schools
Strangers in the City
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Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Immigrant Absorption in the United States and Israel
Immigrant America
The Evolution of a Commercial Strip
Roadside Restaurants and Place-Product-Packaging
What kind of space in what kind of social theory
Vancouver
Ethnic Minority Small Business
East Asian Dynamism
Urban Odyssey
Urban Odyssey
Ribbon Developments in the Urban Business Pattern
The Reinvention of Cultural Geography
The production of space
The Idea of Chinatown
Vietnamese American Place Making in Northern Virginia
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| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.74 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2025 (23) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |