Title: The California cauldron
First published: 1998
Description: How has the demographic structure of California changed in the past 15 years? What are the social and spatial consequences of this transformation? Where are the new immigrants living, and how successfully are they realizing their versions of the American dream? Examining the impact of large-scale immigration on local communities, this book presents an in-depth geographical case study of the most active "melting pot" in the United States today.

Examining the aggregate consequences of immigration upon California neighborhoods, cities, and counties, Clark traces the impact of migration on levels of fertility, poverty, and educational goals and attainment in different localities. Detailed findings are presented on patterns of skills, earnings, and public assistance, both for recent immigrants as a whole and for Mexican and Central American, Asian, and Middle Eastern immigrants as discrete groups.

Additional topics covered include pathways to home ownership, challenges facing California's educational system, and political issues and trends.
Subjects: Immigrants, Community life, Cultural assimilation, Ethnic relations, Social conditions, Human geography, Emigration and immigration, Population, California, economic conditions, Immigrants, united states, California, social conditions
Places: California
LC classification: F870.A1 C53 1998