The huddled masses
Subtitle: communication and immigration
By: edited by Gary Gumpert, Susan J. Drucker.
Contributors: Gumpert, Gary.; Drucker, Susan J,
Series: The Hampton Press communication series.
Publisher: Hampton Press; Brand: Hampton Pr; Hampton Pr
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Cresskill, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
Subjects: Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.; Intercultural communication.; Ethnic relations.; Language and culture.
Description: This volume provides a multidisciplinary approach to the examination of the social implications of immigration and chapters are addressed from three points of view - communication, environment-behavior, and architecture and design. From communications studies significant issues relate to nonverbal and interpersonal communication and mass media availability and use; from environment-behavior studies the authors examine culturally different perceptions of environment, issues of place attachment, and the impact of the built environment on communicative behavior; from architecture and design studies chapters address culturally defined needs and demands placed on built environment as worthy of inquiry.

In their totality, these chapters reveal the variables that shape the immigrants' experience as manifested in the nature of social interaction and the environment in which such interaction occurs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.