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



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Titolo: Islands in the city : West Indian migration to New York / / edited by Nancy Foner Visualizza cluster
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->  
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  Visualizza cluster
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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