05160nam 2200781Ia 450 991078830880332120200520144314.00-8122-0754-810.9783/9780812207545(CKB)3170000000060327(OCoLC)837947686(CaPaEBR)ebrary10680797(SSID)ssj0000870994(PQKBManifestationID)11508368(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000870994(PQKBWorkID)10821095(PQKB)10046734(MdBmJHUP)muse19124(DE-B1597)449658(OCoLC)979577069(DE-B1597)9780812207545(Au-PeEL)EBL3442011(CaPaEBR)ebr10680797(CaONFJC)MIL682459(MiAaPQ)EBC3442011(EXLCZ)99317000000006032720120503d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMaking New York Dominican[electronic resource] small business, politics, and everyday life /Christian Krohn-Hansen1st ed.Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Pressc20131 online resource (321 p.)The city in the twenty-first centuryBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-322-51177-2 0-8122-4461-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Introduction --Part I --Chapter 1. From Quisqueya to New York City --Chapter 2. Origin Stories --Part II --Chapter 3. From Bodegas to Supermarkets --Chapter 4. From Livery Cabs to Black Cars --Part III --Chapter 5. Dominicans and Hispanics --Chapter 6. Up Against the Big Money --Chapter 7. In Search of Dignity --Conclusion --Notes --References --Index --AcknowledgmentsLarge-scale emigration from the Dominican Republic began in the early 1960's, with most Dominicans settling in New York City. Since then the growth of the city's Dominican population has been staggering, now accounting for around 7 percent of the total populace. How have Dominicans influenced New York City? And, conversely, how has the move to New York affected their lives? In Making New York Dominican, Christian Krohn-Hansen considers these questions through an exploration of Dominican immigrants' economic and political practices and through their constructions of identity and belonging. Krohn-Hansen focuses especially on Dominicans in the small business sector, in particular the bodega and supermarket and taxi and black car industries. While studies of immigrant business and entrepreneurship have been predominantly quantitative, using survey data or public statistics, this work employs business ethnography to demonstrate how Dominican enterprises work, how people find economic openings, and how Dominicans who own small commercial ventures have formed political associations to promote and defend their interests. The study shows convincingly how Dominican businesses over the past three decades have made a substantial mark on New York neighborhoods and the city's political economy. Making New York Dominican is not about a Dominican enclave or a parallel sociocultural universe. It is instead about connections-between Dominican New Yorkers' economic and political practices and ways of thinking and the much larger historical, political, economic, and cultural field within which they operate. Throughout, Krohn-Hansen underscores that it is crucial to analyze four sets of processes: the immigrants' forms of work, their everyday life, their modes of participation in political life, and their negotiation and building of identities. Making New York Dominican offers an original and significant contribution to the scholarship on immigration, the Latinization of New York, and contemporary forms of globalization.City in the twenty-first century book series.Dominican AmericansNew York (State)New YorkEconomic conditions21st centuryDominican AmericansNew York (State)New YorkPolitics and government21st centuryDominican AmericansNew York (State)New YorkSocial life and customs21st centurySmall businessNew York (State)New YorkHistory21st centuryNew York (N.Y.)Ethnic relationsHistory21st centuryAnthropology.Business.Folklore.Linguistics.Sociology.Urban Studies.Dominican AmericansEconomic conditionsDominican AmericansPolitics and governmentDominican AmericansSocial life and customsSmall businessHistory305.8968/72930730747Krohn-Hansen Christian1957-1532196MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788308803321Making New York Dominican3778277UNINA