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2021 Fall SLU Coursework URB320

Migration: Why People Move

Protests against Trump's Muslim Ban in which taxi drivers joined by participating in protests at JFK and going on strike.
Protests against Trump's Muslim Ban in which taxi drivers joined by participating in protests at JFK and going on strike. This image is from this World Economic Forum article https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/01/trump-executive-order-immigration-muslims/

Often when discussing immigration, especially to America, it is described as moving in pursuit of expanded opportunities. In Taxi! and The Transplanted this narrative is complicated as Mathew (2005) and Bodnar (1985) highlight that migration to and within the US …

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The Urban Poor: How Cities Shape the Lives of the Working Class

In The Condition of the Working Class in England and in “What’s Good About Slums” both Engels and Glaesner set out to describe what drives poor people to move to cities, the conditions of the urban poor, and the opportunities …