Incorporating Immigrants and Minorities into Late 19th Century Cities

约翰洛根布朗大学这是一个研究如何从不同种族和民族背景的人融入美国城市在世纪后期。 当时黑人向北方城市的移民才刚刚开始，但来自欧洲的移民却如火如荼。 该项目将调查这些群体聚集在不同社区或与其他背景的人居住在一起的程度，比较城市之间的居住隔离水平，并询问人们自己的背景特征（如年龄和职业）如何影响他们居住的社区类型。 对于最大的25个城市，将使用新开发的邻里地图来分析这些地区的空间位置。 大部分研究将集中在1880年，这一年美国人口普查中所有人的数据都可以在计算机文件中找到。 此外，还将对1870年至1880年的男性进行跟踪调查，以深入了解居住流动的过程，这一项目将为21世纪初的移民和少数群体研究提供一个新的历史参考点。 随着其他社会科学家利用为这项研究收集的计算机化地图文件和人口普查数据，它将产生额外的影响。 此外，一个基于网络的绘图系统将广泛提供这一信息，供公众使用并纳入学校课程。

John LoganBrown UniversityThis is a study of how people from different racial and ethnic backgrounds were integrated into American cities in the late 19th Century. This was a time when black migration to Northern cities was only beginning, but immigration from Europe was in full swing. The project will investigate the extent to which these groups were clustered into separate neighborhoods or living in areas with people of other backgrounds, compare levels of residential segregation across cities, and ask how people's own background characteristics (such as age and occupation) affected the type of neighborhood where they lived. For the largest 25 cities, newly developed neighborhood maps will be used to analyze the spatial location of these areas. Most of the research will focus on 1880, a year for which data for all persons tabulated in the U.S. Census are available in computer files. A supplementary sample of men will be tracked from 1870 to 1880 to provide insights into processes of residential mobility.This project will offer a new historical point of reference for studies of immigrant and minority groups at the beginning of the 21st century. It will have additional impact as other social scientists take advantage of the computerized map files and census data that will be assembled for this study. In addition, a web-based mapping system will make this information widely available for public use and inclusion in school curricula.