Great Plains Research
Volume 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 231-251

Examining strengths and challenges of rapid rural immigration (Review)

Dalla R.L.* , Villarruel F. , Cramer S.C. , Gonzalez-Kruger G.
  • a Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Omaha, NE 68182-0214, United States
  • b Dept. of Family and Child Ecology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, United States
  • c Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Omaha, NE 68182-0214, United States
  • d Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68683-0800, United States

Abstract

Intensive, in-depth interviews were conducted with 45 non-Hispanic white residents of three rural Nebraska meatpacking communities. The purpose of the investigation was to document (1) perceptions of community change; (2) community-wide benefits of a new Latino population; and (3) strategies for strengthening multi-ethnic rural communities. Data were analyzed using Thematic Analyses (Aronson 1994). Application of the findings, for strengthening rural communities, is discussed.

Author Keywords

Latino immigrants Midwest Meatpacking rural

Index Keywords

attitudinal survey World rural area multiculturalism Western Hemisphere Latino people United States Nebraska immigration North America
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-7044269582&partnerID=40&md5=791ddcd842f84877d4c5e57a4cc670a6
ISSN: 10525165
Cited by: 16
Original Language: English