Names, Ethnicity and Populations Tracing Identity in Space /

• Main Author: Mateos, Pablo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Advances in Spatial Science, The Regional Science Series,
• Subjects: Economic geography.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Emigration and immigration.; Demography.; Human geography.; Economics.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Human Geography.; Economic Geography.; Migration.

Ethnicity has become one of the most studied human dimensions in social and biomedical sciences over the past decade. However, there are important shortcomings in the means available to researchers to define and classify human group difference in past, as well as contemporary populations. Personal n...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Theory: Identity and names
• Part II: Methods: Name-based ethnicity classifications
• Part III: Applications: Mapping names and ethnicity.