The church itself that is above the catacombs was built in the 1850s for a German Baptist congregation, an example of ethnic succession.

With similar precision, the series recognizes the changing face of public education, the waves of ethnic and racial succession.

In recent decades, such ethnic succession seen first in center cities has been taking place in the suburbs, too.

In the last half of the 20th century, Corona saw dramatic ethnic successions.

Indeed, politics in many cities that have survived wholesale ethnic succession indicate that future battles will be fought along economic lines.

The growth, coinciding with a surge in immigration to the city, has also recast traditional patterns of ethnic succession.

"There are no models for this kind of ethnic succession among people of color in U.S. cities," he said.

So, when they face the same issues of ethnic succession, in this case by Caribbeans, it seems that there is more to lose.

Similarly, conflict over ethnic succession has been central to the metamorphosis of New York.

A period of rapid ethnic succession took place.