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Title Village of immigrants : Latinos in an emerging America / Diana R. Gordon.
Author Gordon, Diana R., author.
Publisher New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2015]
Copyright ©2015
Description xi, 256 pages ; 24 cm.
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LOCATION CALL NUMBER VOL BARCODE LAST CHECKIN STATUS
 PM-Adult Collection  974.725 V-GRNPRT GOR Nearby on shelf  30643005457073 11-17-20  AVAILABLE
 PM-Local History Room  LI REF 974.725 V-GRNPRT GOR Nearby on shelf  30643005457081 (none)  AVAILABLE
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and index.
Summary Greenport, New York, a village on the North Fork of Long Island, has become an exemplar of a little-noted national trend--immigrants spreading beyond the big coastal cities, driving much of rural population growth nationally. Greenport today boasts a population that is one-third Hispanic. Gordon contends that these immigrants have effectively saved the town's economy by taking low-skill jobs, increasing the tax base, filling local schools, and patronizing local businesses. Greenport's seaside beauty still attracts summer tourists, but it is only with the support of the local Latino workforce that elegant restaurants and bed-and-breakfasts are able to serve these visitors. The wave of immigrants also presents the town with challenges to its services and institutions.
Subject Hispanic Americans -- New York (State) -- Greenport -- Social conditions.
Immigrants -- New York (State) -- Greenport -- Social conditions.
Working class -- New York (State) -- Greenport -- Social conditions.
Hispanic Americans -- New York (State) -- Greenport -- Biography.
Immigrants -- New York (State) -- Greenport -- Biography.
Working class -- New York (State) -- Greenport -- Biography.
Social change -- New York (State) -- Greenport.
Greenport (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations.
Greenport (N.Y.) -- Biography.
Greenport (N.Y.) -- Economic conditions.
Series Rivergate regionals
ISBN 9780813575902
0813575907