In a new land : a comparative view of immigration / Nancy Foner.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Foner, Nancy, 1945-
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2005], ©2005.
Subjects:
United States > Emigration and immigration.
Europe > Emigration and immigration.
New York (N.Y.) > Emigration and immigration.
London (England) > Emigration and immigration.
Emigration and immigration > Cross-cultural studies.
Genre:
Cross-cultural studies.
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Physical Description:viii, 325 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The social construction of race in two immigrant eras
  • Immigrants and African Americans
  • Transnationalism old and new
  • Immigrant women and work, then and now
  • Being Black in London and New York : the Caribbean experience
  • Place matters : comparative perspectives on the West Indian migrant experience
  • Gendered transitions : Jamaican women in New York and London
  • How exceptional is New York? : immigration in urban America
  • Immigration past and present : some U.S.-Europe comparisons.