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The Not-So-New South Suburbs: Asian Immigration and the Politics of School Integration in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Willow Lung-Amam
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences February 2023, 9 (2) 55-74; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2023.9.2.03
Willow Lung-Amam
aAssociate professor of urban studies and planning at the University of Maryland, College Park, United States, and director of community development at the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education and of the Small Business Anti-Displacement Network
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    • THE POLITICS OF IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION AND EDUCATION IN THE NEW SOUTH SUBURBS
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