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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449724703321

Autore

Foner Nancy <1945->

Titolo

In a new land [[electronic resource] ] : a comparative view of immigration / / Nancy Foner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2005

ISBN

0-8147-2796-4

1-4294-1410-3

0-8147-2859-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Disciplina

304.8/73

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration

Electronic books.

United States Emigration and immigration

Europe Emigration and immigration

New York (N.Y.) Emigration and immigration

London (England) Emigration and immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-303) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The social construction of race in two immigrant eras -- Immigrants and African Americans -- Transnationalism old and new -- Immigrant women and work, then and now -- Being Black in London and New York : the Caribbean experience -- Place matters : comparative perspectives on the West Indian migrant experience -- Gendered transitions : Jamaican women in New York and London -- How exceptional is New York? : immigration in urban America -- Immigration past and present : some U.S.-Europe comparisons.