The meanings attached to national identity are the most salient citizenship issue today. We analyzed over 300 written responses of Canadian high school youth, of immigrant and non-immigrant origins, to the question of "What does it mean for me to be/become a Canadian?" The participants related a greater sense of national identity than of…

The Great Migration of southerners away from their region of birth stands as one of the most significant demographic events in U.S. history. The first waves of migrants headed primarily to the Northeast and Midwest. During and after World War II, a larger proportion moved to the West. We use information from the 1970 through 2000 public use…

Notes that stereotypes of the Latina as a dependent and passively oriented female who does work outside the home has neglected the reality that she is an active, self-reliant person who no longer stays behind to wait for husbands and brothers to help her with a move to a new country. (Author/AM)

Volume II contains the substance of five studies originally filed with the United States District Court for the District of Arizona in the cases of "Fisher v. Lohr" and "Mendoza v. Tucson School District No. 1." Study VI examines the migration of Spanish-surnamed households from Tucson's south and west sides to the east side…