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

Published New York : New York University Press, [2005] ©2005

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Description viii, 325 pages ; 24 cm 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-303) and index Subject Emigration and immigration -- Cross-cultural studies. SUBJECT United States -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140040 Europe -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114977 New York (N.Y.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79007751 -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005907 London (England) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79005665 -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005907 LC no. 2005004863 ISBN 081472745X acid-free paper 0814727468 paperback acid-free paper

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