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ethnicity inevitably mingles with other discussions such as those on race, gender and social mobility, and because the book aims to give a general overview each case mentioned in the book receives relatively limited space. In addition to the complexity of ethnicity as witnessed on the ground, Kaplan also rightly reminds readers that spatial concentration and placemaking can be a product of voluntary or involuntary choices by ethnic groups, even though the line between the two can be blurry. When it comes to evaluating the impacts of ethnic concentration and placemaking, he likewise reminds readers that positive and negative outcomes of segregation are relational, and we should not overlook the heterogeneity of an ethnic minority group. The book is easy to follow and explains ethnicity and spatial manifestation in a nonacademic style, so it should appeal to an audience are new to the study of ethnicity and geography. It fulfills the goal set out in the first chapter of untangling the causes of ethnic concentration and segregation and explaining how these geographies are made manifest, along with the consequences of such spatial separation (p. 18). Given the complexity of the topic, this book has done a great job of providing key information and describing relevant debates on ethnicity in human geography, and for that reason can be recommended as a starting point that will lead interested readers to other, more in-depth readings and relevant texts on ethnicity.