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Lawson, Nicole Lannoy – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Mainstream American environmental education (EE) programs often place undue privilege on inquiry-based scientific epistemologies and settler colonial wilderness ideologies (Cronon 1995b, Wolfe 2006) as the primary drivers in determining program design. Those programs in the urban setting add an environmental justice layer to these frameworks, by…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Urban Areas, Disadvantaged Youth, Minority Groups
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Tapia, Javier – Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development, 1995
Examines the microeconomics of Mexican American households in Tucson (Arizona) and Los Angeles (California), exploring factors affecting household organization and the dynamics of Mexican American households as part of a larger cluster. Case studies of four households support the discussion. Causes of conflict and family interests and objectives…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Case Studies, Conflict, Cultural Differences
Fiske, Shirley J. – Urban Anthropology, 1979
Reexamines a model of successive stages of urban ethnic institutional development with particular reference to Los Angeles' Indian community. Calls attention to a new level of institutional development within the urban Indian community. Assesses the effect of national policy on local ethnic groups and the development of their institutions.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Organizations, Ethnic Groups, Federal Government
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Alvarez, Robert M., Jr. – Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development, 1990
Explores Mexican-American immigrant entrepreneurial activity in the wholesale produce industry in Los Angeles (California). This activity exhibits the primary characteristics defined for immigrant enclaves, a specific mode of incorporation into the economic sector of the U.S. Describes hierarchical elements of Mexican entrepreneurship that…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Economic Status, Entrepreneurship