1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996383860403316

Titolo

Reasons humbly offer'd to the Parliament, in behalf of several persons concern'd in paper making, printing and publishing the half penny news papers, against the Bill now depending, for laying a penny stamp upon every whole sheet, and a half penny stamp upon every half sheet of all news-papers [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London, : s.n., 1713?]

Descrizione fisica

1 sheet

Soggetti

Booksellers and bookselling - Great Britain

Newspapers

Paper industry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

With reference to the bill read 20 Jan. 1725 and enacted as H Geo.I.c.8.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910959588303321

Autore

Waters Mary C

Titolo

Black identities : West Indian immigrant dreams and American realities / / Mary C. Waters

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Russell Sage Foundation

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1999

ISBN

9780674044944

0674044940

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 413 pages)

Collana

Russell Sage Foundation Books at Harvard University Press.

Disciplina

305.896/9729073

Soggetti

West Indian Americans - Ethnic identity

West Indian Americans - Race identity

West Indian Americans - Cultural assimilation

Immigrants - United States - Social conditions

United States Ethnic relations

United States Race relations

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. [373]-407) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- TABLES AND MAP -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Historical Legacies -- 3 Racial and Ethnic Identity Choices -- 4 West Indians at Work -- 5 Encountering American Race Relations -- 6 Intergenerational Dynamics -- 7 Segregated Neighborhoods and Schools -- 8 Identities of the Second Generation -- 9 Immigrants and American Race Relations -- Appendix: Notes on Methodology -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The story of West Indian immigrants to the United States is generally considered to be a great success. Mary Waters, however, tells a very different story. She finds that the values that gain first-generation immigrants initial success--a willingness to work hard, a lack of attention to racism, a desire for education, an incentive to save--are undermined by the realities of life and race relations in the United States. Contrary to long-held beliefs, Waters finds, those who resist Americanization are most likely to succeed economically, especially in the second generation.