"Islands in the City is a comprehensive collection of the recent findings of the foremost scholars in this field. The premier researchers on West Indians in New York City discuss migration from historical, statistical, theoretical, and experiential points of view. This volume will be used as a model for understanding migration in other areas and it will have importance beyond its field."--Wallace Zane, author of "Journeys to the Spiritual Lands: The Natural History of a West Indian Religion
"Nancy Foner has pulled together excellent essays by the leading scholars of the emerging study of West Indians in the United States. Islands in the City is a welcome book because of its informative essays on gender, occupation, and culture, to name but a few."--David Reimers, co-author of "All the Nations Under Heaven: An Ethnic and Racial History of New York City
"West Indians sit right at the center of the crucial divides of race, class, nationality, nativity, gender, generation, and identity. The insights of this book teach us much of what we need to know about our changing nation."--Jennifer Hochschild, author of "Facing Upto the American Dream: Race, Class, and the Soul of the Nation
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"Islands in the City is a comprehensive collection of the recent findings of the foremost scholars in this field. The premier researchers on West Indians in New York City discuss migration from historical, statistical, theoretical, and experiential points of view. This volume will be used as a model for understanding migration in other areas and it will have importance beyond its field."--Wallace Zane, author of "Journeys to the Spiritual Lands: The Natural History of a West Indian Religion
"Nancy Foner has pulled together excellent essays by the leading scholars of the emerging study of West Indians in the United States. Islands in the City is a welcome book because of its informative essays on gender, occupation, and culture, to name but a few."--David Reimers, co-author of "All the Nations Under Heaven: An Ethnic and Racial History of New York City
"West Indians sit right at the center of the crucial divides of race, class, nationality, nativity, gender, generation, and identity. The insights of this book teach us much of what we need to know about our changing nation."--Jennifer Hochschild, author of "Facing Upto the American Dream: Race, Class, and the Soul of the Nation
Imprint | University of California Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | August 2001 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | August 2001 |
Editors | Nancy Foner |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade |
Pages | 312 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-520-22850-4 |
Barcode | 9780520228504 |
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LSN | 0-520-22850-2 |