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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789352803321

Autore

Thomas Kevin J. A.

Titolo

Diverse pathways : race and the incorporation of Black, White, and Arab-origin Africans in the United States / / Kevin J. A. Thomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, Michigan : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2014

℗2014

ISBN

1-62895-461-2

1-60917-395-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Collana

African Diaspora Series

Disciplina

973/.0496

Soggetti

Africans - Cultural assimilation - United States

Africans - United States - Social conditions

Africans - United States - Economic conditions

Immigrants - United States - Social conditions

Africa Emigration and immigration Social aspects

United States Emigration and immigration Social aspects

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Race, ethnicity, and African immigration to the United States -- Theoretical perspectives -- Educational attainment and post-immigration schooling progress -- Occupational status, human-capital transfer, and the incorporation process -- Earnings, self-employment, and economic incorporation -- Race, ethnicity, and marital incorporation -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Data and methods used in the analysis.

Sommario/riassunto

Africans are among the fastest-growing immigrant groups in the United States. Although they are racially and ethnically diverse, few studies have examined how these differences affect their patterns of incorporation into society. This book is the first to highlight the role of race and ethnicity, Arab ethnicity in particular, in shaping the experiences of African immigrants. It demonstrates that American conceptions of race result in significant inequalities in the ways in



which African immigrants are socially integrated. Thomas argues that suggestions that Black Africans are model-minorities