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Global Philadelphia : immigrant communities old and new / edited by Ayumi Takenaka and Mary Johnson Osirim.
Van Pelt Library F158.9.A1 G55 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Philadelphia voices, Philadelphia visions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnicity.
- Community life.
- Minorities.
- Social conditions.
- Immigrants.
- History.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Ethnic relations.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Emigration and immigration.
- Immigrants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.
- Minorities--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.
- Immigrants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Social conditions.
- Minorities--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Social conditions.
- Community life--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Ethnicity--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Transnationalism.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Physical Description:
- x, 310 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- Philadelphia's immigrant communities in historical perspective / Ayumi Takenaka and Mary Johnson Osirim
- pt. I. Community formation and intra- (and inter-) ethnic relations. 125 years of building Jewish immigrant communities in Philadelphia / Rakhmiel Peltz
- Mapping memories in stone : Italians and the transformation of a Philadelphia landscape / Joan Saverino
- Pan-Latino enclaves in Philadelphia and the formation of the Puerto Rican community / Victor Vazquez-Hernandez
- Opportunity, conflict, and communities in transition : historical and contemporary Chinese immigration to Philadelphia / Lena Sze
- pt. II. The role of institutions. German immigration to Philadelphia from the colonial period through the twentieth century / Birte Pfleger
- Changes in the behavior of immigrants : the Irish in Philadelphia / Noel J.J. Farley and Philip L. Kilbride
- Healthcare access for Mexican immigrants in South Philadelphia / Jennifer Atlas
- pt. III. Identity formation in a transnational context. Philadelphia's Haitian community : transnationalism and unity in the formation of identity / Garvey F. Lundy
- The new African diaspora : transnationalism and transformation in Philadelphia / Mary Johnson Osirim
- From Kerala to Philadelphia : the experiences of Malayalee, Hindu nurses in Philadelphia / Rasika Chakravarthy and Ajay Nair
- The other Asians in the other Philadelphia : understanding Cambodian experiences in neighborhoods, classrooms, and workplaces / Ellen Skilton-Sylvester and Keo Chea-Young.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Herman V. Ames Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781439900123
- 1439900124
- 9781439900130
- 1439900132
- 9781439900147
- 1439900140
- OCLC:
- 441165419
- Publisher Number:
- 99937925403
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