Rural Immigrants Research Articles

THE POPULATION TURNAROUND IN RURAL AND SMALL TOWN AMERICA

Noting the continuing rural in-migration of the 197Os, the most prominent of contemporary rural demographers looks at some initial interpretations from the emerging 1980s census data. This in-migration to all types of rural areas reverses a trend of several decades and signals new challenges for rural areas. Some observable population patterns are discussed including the predominant influx of white upper income groups and those on government transfer programs, including retirees.

Rural and urban immigration

Abstract The intensive effort put into research in emigration history in the Scandinavian countries during the late 1960s is beginning to show results: as regards Sweden, both these studies are important and both deal with an early phase of emigration which was characterised to a high degree by the settlement of the agricultural regions of the Middle West. Ljungmark deals in particular with the interests which attempted to accelerate settlement (especially the big land-grant railways), while Beijbom concentrates on the ‘Swedish colony’ in Chicago.

Party Politics and a Rural Immigrant Community

It is now nearly five years since Buganda rebelled against the Government of Uganda, and the Kabaka, Sir Edward Mutesa, fled to Britain. Relatively little has been written about these events, perhaps because they happened so rapidly and were dealt with so determinedly that not much precise information is available. In rural Buganda, in such places as Bugerere where I was engaged in fieldwork, party political activity reached a crescendo in the months before the May 1966 crisis and was then abruptly extinguished. Ever since, things have been ostensibly very quiet – indeed the districts of the disbanded Kingdom have remained under a declared state of emergency. During the heyday of politics I was impressed by a clear distinction in the focus of party activity; in the commercial townships on the main road through Bugerere its intensity was immediately obvious, whereas in the farming villages which spread over the fertile, rolling land of the county it was scarcely in evidence. What was the reason for this discrimination? The answer, I was sure, had not a little to do with the unusual economic and demographic circumstances of Bugerere.

Adjustments to Metropolitan Growth in an Inner Tokyo Ward

Abstract The urban redevelopment problems of Tokyo presage those of the more successful metropolises in Asia. Its inner wards contribute to social and economic development by: 1. Producing and disseminating the popular innovations adopted by the pace-setting elites most active in the central wards 2. Supplying an environment for the acculturation of ambitious rural immigrants 3. Offering a convenient residential locale for diverse, opportunistic small businessmen 4. Providing sites and services for major cultural and educational institutions not able to crowd into the center 5. Generating capital to be invested in the suburbs or the center A procedure for comparing areas of an Asian metropolis made it possible to identify promising planning strategies. Local development consortiums should be exceedingly useful, but need a wider range of powers than at present. Highest priority must be given to the prevention of civil disorders.

The Irish Rural Immigrant and British Urban Society

The Irish Rural Immigrant and British Urban Society

Hickey J. V. — The Irish Rural Immigrant and British Urban Society

Hickey J. V. — The Irish Rural Immigrant and British Urban Society