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Ja m es P. A lle n Department of Geography California State University, Northridge S t u d y in g a b o u t o n e ' s l o c a l it y can benefit students, the local com munity, and the geography profession. In this talk I will sketch out how this synergy has worked with respect to my studies of immi gration and ethnicity in greater Los Angeles. Los Angeles may be the most interesting place in the world to study ethnicity because changes in ethnic composition have been so dramatic. Net immigration from Asia and Latin America has been largely balanced by a net out-migration of both whites and blacks, particularly to outlying areas in southern California. The popula tion numbers in Los Angeles County alone are so large (over 9.5 million) and the ethnic diversity so great that in Los Angeles we can glimpse today some of the trends and patterns likely to characterize America's metropolitan areas in the future. Studying and Teaching the Locality I've always believed that geography departments should include some faculty who are knowledgeable about the locality, but I my self did not begin this
Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers – University of Hawai'I Press
Published: Oct 1, 2000
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