Thoroughly updated to reflect changes in the composition of New York City's immigrant population, this book brings together contributions from leaders in their respective fields to show how new immigrants are transforming the city—and how New York, in turn, has affected the newcomers' lives. The contributors consider the four largest groups—Dominicans, former Soviets, Chinese, and Jamaicans—as well as Mexicans, Koreans, and West Africans. An introduction highlights the groups' commonalities and differences. The book also includes an analysis of the city's altered demographic structure and its labor market.
Price: $42.00
Pages: 320
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Publication Date:
29 August 2001
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780231124157
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General
Wrap a subway map around this academic book and you have one of the most useful and up-to-date guides to New York City in years.... As editor of this volume, Nancy Foner deserves credit for keeping her writers true to their assignments.
Nancy Foner is Distinguished Professor at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Her most recent book is In a New Land: A Comparative View of Immigration.
Preface
1. Introduction: New Immigrants in a New New York, by Nancy Foner
2. Immigrant to New York: Policy Population and Patterns, by Ellen Percy Kraly and Ines Miyares
3. Immigrants, the Native Born and the Changing Division of Labor in New York City, by Richard Wright and Mark Ellis
4. Soviet Jews: The City's Newest Immigrants Transform New York Jewish Life, by Annelise Orleck
5. Chinese: Divergent Destinies in Immigrant New York, by Min Zhou
6. Koreans: An "Institutionally Complete" Community in New York, by Pyong Gap Min
7. Jamaicans: Balancing Race and Ethnicity, by Milton Vickerman
8. West Africans: Trading Places in New York, by Paul Stoller
9. Dominicans: Transnational Identities and Local Politics, by Patricia R. Pessar and Pamela M. Graham
10. Mexicans: Social, Educational, Economic, and Political Problems and Prospects in New York, by Robert Smith
About the Contributors
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