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Mejoramento de tugurios y asentamientos no controlados. Los aspectos sociales. (Improvements in Shanty Town and in Uncontrolled Settlements: Social Aspects)
Gutierrez, Ramiro Cardona – International Review of Community Development, 1971
After stating his point of view on the migration process, with its many positive effects, the author suggests that the spontaneous settlement should be considered as part of the global process of change. (Editor/RY)
Descriptors: Culture Lag, Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Migration Patterns
The Invisible Urban Appalachian
Gilligan, John J. – Appalachia, 1974
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Blacks, Conferences, Disadvantaged
Only Six Million Acres: The Decline of Black Owned Land in the Rural South.
Browne, Robert S., Comp. – 1973
The matter of land and the relationship of black people to land has considerable significance both for the social health of the general society and also for the black community's own welfare. Many of America's current domestic ills were traced to the surge of southern blacks to selected urban areas as the rural southern economy found it could no…
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Laborers, Black Culture, Demography
From Mountain to Metropolis: Appalachian Migrants in American Cities.
Borman, Kathryn M., Ed.; Obermiller, Phillip J., Ed. – 1994
This book consists of 14 essays that focus on the condition of urban Appalachians (former migrants to cities from Appalachia and their descendants). Chapters address issues of health, environment, education, and cultural identity in an urban Appalachian context, and are meant to be a resource for educators and health and human service…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cultural Background, Delivery Systems, Demography