Islands in the city [[electronic resource] ] : West Indian migration to New York / / edited by Nancy Foner

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450590103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001
• ISBN: 9786612762475; 1-59734-688-8; 0-520-93580-2; 1-282-76247-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): FonerNancy <1945->
• Disciplina: 305.896/97290747
• Soggetti: West Indian Americans - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions; West Indian Americans - Race identity - New York (State) - New York; Black people - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions; Black people - Race identity - New York (State) - New York; Immigrants - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions; Electronic books.; New York (N.Y.) Social conditions Congresses; New York (N.Y.) Race relations Congresses; New York (N.Y.) Emigration and immigration Congresses; West Indies Emigration and immigration Congresses
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Based on a conference entitled West Indian migration to New York : historical, contemporary, and transnational perspectives, which was held at the Research Institute for the Study of Man in April 1999.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-295) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. West Indian Migration to New York An Overview -- 1. Early-Twentieth-Century Caribbean Women: Migration and Social Networks in New York City -- 2. Where New York's West Indians Work -- 3. West Indians and the Residential Landscape of New York -- 4. Transnational Social Relations and the Politics of National Identity: An Eastern Caribbean Case Study -- 5. New York as a Locality in a Global Family Network -- ; 6. "Black Like Who?" Afro-Caribbean Immigrants, African Americans, and the Politics of Group Identity -- 7. Growing Up West Indian and African American: Gender and Class Differences in the Second Generation -- 8. Experiencing Success: Structuring the Perception of Opportunities for West Indians -- 9. Tweaking a Monolith: The West Indian Immigrant Encounter with "Blackness" -- Conclusion. Invisible No More? West Indian Americans in the Social Scientific Imagination -- References -- Notes on Contributors -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection of original essays draws on a variety of theoretical perspectives, methodologies, and empirical data to explore the effects of West Indian migration and to develop analytic frameworks to examine it.