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Author : Heather A. Horst
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (115 download)
Download or read book The New Immigrants : Jamaican Americans written by Heather A. Horst and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Heather A. Horst
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438107137
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Jamaican Americans written by Heather A. Horst and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Colin Powell, the first African American to be appointed US secretary of state in 2000, to former NBA star Patrick Ewing and Grammy Award winner Harry Belafonte, Jamaican Americans have made important contributions to American society. Drawing on personal stories, this book focuses on this dynamic people and assesses their lasting impact.
Author : Ransford W. Palmer
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1479737062
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (797 download)
Download or read book Beyond the Horizon written by Ransford W. Palmer and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ransford W. Palmer is Professor of Economics at Howard University in Washington, D.C. His recollections in this volume trace his life along a path which began in a small village in Jamaica and led him to professional achievements and the formation of his American family.
Author : Terry-Ann Jones
Publisher : LFB Scholarly Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Jamaican Immigrants in the United States and Canada written by Terry-Ann Jones and published by LFB Scholarly Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yoku Shaw-Taylor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742540880
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (48 download)
Download or read book The Other African Americans written by Yoku Shaw-Taylor and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2007 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite their growing presence, research on Caribbean and, especially, African immigrants has been scant. The scarcity of writings on these "other" African Americans contributes to the invisibility of these groups. The objective of this project is to broaden our understanding of these other African Americans. A focus on intra-racial dynamics among African Americans is important because of the ever-growing diversity of America's black population. The Other African Americans is an edited volume of original research that provides historical and contemporary information on African and Caribbean individuals and families. Each chapter addresses a particular topical area covering the most salient issues facing these immigrants to the U.S. today.
Author : Ever Barrett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781735306902
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (69 download)
Download or read book Black Man Rising written by Ever Barrett and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Suzanne Model
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610444000
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)
Download or read book West Indian Immigrants written by Suzanne Model and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2008-06-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: West Indian immigrants to the United States fare better than native-born African Americans on a wide array of economic measures, including labor force participation, earnings, and occupational prestige. Some researchers argue that the root of this difference lies in differing cultural attitudes toward work, while others maintain that white Americans favor West Indian blacks over African Americans, giving them an edge in the workforce. Still others hold that West Indians who emigrate to this country are more ambitious and talented than those they left behind. In West Indian Immigrants, sociologist Suzanne Model subjects these theories to close historical and empirical scrutiny to unravel the mystery of West Indian success. West Indian Immigrants draws on four decades of national census data, surveys of Caribbean emigrants around the world, and historical records dating back to the emergence of the slave trade. Model debunks the notion that growing up in an all-black society is an advantage by showing that immigrants from racially homogeneous and racially heterogeneous areas have identical economic outcomes. Weighing the evidence for white American favoritism, Model compares West Indian immigrants in New York, Toronto, London, and Amsterdam, and finds that, despite variation in the labor markets and ethnic composition of these cities, Caribbean immigrants in these four cities attain similar levels of economic success. Model also looks at "movers" and "stayers" from Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad, and Guyana, and finds that emigrants leaving all four countries have more education and hold higher status jobs than those who remain. In this sense, West Indians immigrants are not so different from successful native-born African Americans who have moved within the U.S. to further their careers. Both West Indian immigrants and native-born African-American movers are the "best and the brightest"—they are more literate and hold better jobs than those who stay put. While political debates about the nature of black disadvantage in America have long fixated on West Indians' relatively favorable economic position, this crucial finding reveals a fundamental flaw in the argument that West Indian success is proof of native-born blacks' behavioral shortcomings. Proponents of this viewpoint have overlooked the critical role of immigrant self-selection. West Indian Immigrants is a sweeping historical narrative and definitive empirical analysis that promises to change the way we think about what it means to be a black American. Ultimately, Model shows that West Indians aren't a black success story at all—rather, they are an immigrant success story.
Author : Philip Kasinitz
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801499517
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (995 download)
Download or read book Caribbean New York written by Philip Kasinitz and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1965, West Indians have been emigrating to the United States in record numbers, and to New York City in particular. Caribbean New York shows how the new immigration is reshaping American race relations and sheds much-needed light on factors that underlie some of the city's explosive racial confrontations. Philip Kasinitz examines how two forces--racial solidarity and ethnic distinctiveness--have helped to shape the identity of New York's West Indian community. He compares "new" (post-1965) immigrants with West Indians who arrived earlier in the century, and looks in detail at the economic, political, and cultural rules that Afro-Caribbean immigrants have played in the city during each period.
Author : Vincent HoSang
Publisher : Bookbaby
ISBN 13 : 9780997496109
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (961 download)
Download or read book Change of Fortune written by Vincent HoSang and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2016-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Vincent Hosang, the son of immigrant parents who left their village in South China and settled in Jamaica looking for a better life. At the age of twenty-seven, Vincent came to America and without the benefit of money or even a high school diploma, went in search of the life he knew he was destined to have. With perseverance, hard work, and faith, the young man built his business from the ground up. Today, he is the president and CEO of Caribbean Food Delights, one of the largest global producers of Jamaican-style patties.
Author : David Griffith
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271046228
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)
Download or read book American Guestworkers written by David Griffith and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2007-08-31 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The H-2 program, originally based in Florida, is the longest running labor-importation program in the country. Over the course of a quarter-century of research, Griffith studied rural labor processes and their national and international effects. In this book, he examines the socioeconomic effects of the H-2 program on both the areas where the laborers work and the areas they are from, and, taking a uniquely humanitarian stance, he considers the effects of the program on the laborers themselves.
Author : Mary C. Waters
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674044932
Total Pages : 732 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)
Download or read book The New Americans written by Mary C. Waters and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-30 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Listen to a short interview with Mary WatersHost: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & Crane Salsa has replaced ketchup as the most popular condiment. A mosque has been erected around the corner. The local hospital is staffed by Indian doctors and Philippine nurses, and the local grocery store is owned by a Korean family. A single elementary school may include students who speak dozens of different languages at home. This is a snapshot of America at the turn of the twenty-first century. The United States has always been a nation of immigrants, shaped by successive waves of new arrivals. The most recent transformation began when immigration laws and policies changed significantly in 1965, admitting migrants from around the globe in new numbers and with widely varying backgrounds and aspirations. This comprehensive guide, edited and written by an interdisciplinary group of prominent scholars, provides an authoritative account of the most recent surge of immigrants. Twenty thematic essays address such topics as immigration law and policy, refugees, unauthorized migrants, racial and ethnic identity, assimilation, nationalization, economy, politics, religion, education, and family relations. These are followed by comprehensive articles on immigration from the thirty most significant nations or regions of origin. Based on the latest U.S. Census data and the most recent scholarly research, The New Americans is an essential reference for students, scholars, and anyone curious about the changing face of America.
Author : Louis Gerard Mendoza
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781565848955
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (489 download)
Download or read book Crossing Into America written by Louis Gerard Mendoza and published by . This book was released on 2005-04-30 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects writings by such top contributors as Jamaica Kincaid, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Richard Rodriguez, as well as a host of new writers, to present a history of modern immigration and reflections on the immigrant experience.
Author : Awad Ibrahim
Publisher : Myers Education Press
ISBN 13 : 1975501993
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (755 download)
Download or read book Black Immigrants in North America written by Awad Ibrahim and published by Myers Education Press. This book was released on 2019-11-14 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first wave of Black immigrants arrived in North America during the 1960s and 1970s, coming originally from the Caribbean. An opportunity was missed, however, in documenting their everyday experience from a social science perspective: what did it mean for a Barbadian or a Jamaican to live in Toronto or New York? Were they Jamaicans or did they go with the descriptor ‘Black’? What relationship did they have with African Canadians or African Americans? Black Immigrants in North America answers these and other questions while documenting the second wave of Black immigration to North America, which started in the early 1990s. Theoretically and empirically grounded, the book is a documentation of the process of becoming Black – a radical identity transformation where a continental African is marked by Blackness. This, in turn, leads to a deeper understanding of what it means to encounter that social imaginary of, ‘Oh, they all look like Blacks to me!’ This encounter impacts what one learns and how one learns it, where learning English as a Second Language (ESL) is sidestepped in favor of Black English as a Second Language (BESL). Learning becomes a political and a pedagogical project of cultural, linguistic and identity investment and desire. Perfect for courses such as: Black Immigrants, Race Complexity, Critical Applied Linguistics, Ethnography, Graduate Course on Educational Foundations and Curriculum
Author : Bob Cox
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780893070038
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Jamaican American written by Bob Cox and published by . This book was released on 1976-01-01 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Glenn A. Chambers
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807170496
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)
Download or read book From the Banana Zones to the Big Easy written by Glenn A. Chambers and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2019-08-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Banana Zones to the Big Easy focuses on the immigration of West Indians and Central Americans—particularly those of British West Indian descent from the Caribbean coastal areas—to New Orleans from the turn of the twentieth century to the start of World War II. Glenn A. Chambers discerns the methods by which these individuals of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds integrated into New Orleans society and negotiated their distinct historical and ethnoracial identities in the Jim Crow South. Throughout this study, Chambers explores two central questions: What did it mean to be “West Indian” within a context in which the persons migrating—or their parents, in some cases—were not born in the West Indies? And how did Central Americans grapple with this “West Indian” cultural identity when their political identity (citizenship) was Honduran, Costa Rican, or Panamanian? Chambers maintains that a distinct West Indian culture did not emerge in New Orleans. Rather, newly arrived West Indian practices intertwined with existing African American traditions, a process intensified in New Orleans’s established climate of incorporating, and often absorbing, new peoples and cultures. The West Indian population in early twentieth-century New Orleans was truly transnational, multinational, multilingual, diasporic, and constantly evolving. These newcomers to New Orleans remained conscious of their West Indian roots but were not bound by them. Their experiences spanned nations but were not politically internationalist, as was the case with the larger West Indian communities in the northeastern United States. The ways in which individuals and families transitioned into U.S. constructions of race were at times the result of conscious decisions. In other instances, race was determined by the realities of everyday life in the Jim Crow South, in which whiteness translated into access and opportunity and all other ethnicities were relegated to a subordinate position. Many West Indians and Central Americans impacted by this system learned to navigate it in such a way that their ethnic and national identity all but disappeared from the historical record. Through an analysis of arrest records, ships’ passenger records, foreign consulate reports, draft registrations, declarations of intent to apply for citizenship, naturalization applications, and city directories, Chambers recovers the lives of a small but significant population of immigrants who challenged the racial status quo.
Author : Nancy Foner
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231124157
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (241 download)
Download or read book New Immigrants in New York written by Nancy Foner and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This acclaimed anthology brings together the top people in their respective fields to discuss the impact that immigration has had on the character of New York City and also the cultural impact that coming to a new environment has had on immigrants. Thoroughly updated to encompass the newest waves of immigration, the book now covers Dominicans, former Soviets, Chinese, and Jamaicans as well as Mexicans, Koreans, and West Africans.
Author : Joel Perlmann
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674425057
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (744 download)
Download or read book America Classifies the Immigrants written by Joel Perlmann and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-26 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joel Perlmann traces the history of U.S. classification of immigrants, from Ellis Island to the present day, showing how slippery and contested ideas about racial, national, and ethnic difference have been. His focus ranges from the 1897 List of Races and Peoples, through changes in the civil rights era, to proposals for reform of the 2020 Census.
