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Titolo: |
Islands in the city : West Indian migration to New York / / edited by Nancy Foner
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Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
Disciplina: | 305.896/97290747 |
Soggetto topico: | West Indian Americans - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions |
West Indian Americans - Race identity - New York (State) - New York | |
Blacks - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions | |
Blacks - Race identity - New York (State) - New York | |
Immigrants - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions | |
Soggetto geografico: | 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 | |
Altri autori: |
FonerNancy <1945->
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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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Islands in the city ![]() |
ISBN: | 9786612762475 |
1-59734-688-8 | |
0-520-93580-2 | |
1-282-76247-8 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910809371803321 |
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