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Ethnic Amsterdam : immigrants and urban change in the twentieth century / editors, Liza Nell, Jan Rath.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Solidarity and identity.
- Solidarity and identity
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immigrants--Netherlands--Amsterdam--History--20th century.
- Immigrants.
- Cities and towns--Netherlands--Amsterdam--Growth--History--20th century.
- Cities and towns.
- Amsterdam (Netherlands)--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.
- Amsterdam (Netherlands).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This fascinating volume explores how twentieth-century immigrants have transformed Amsterdam into a cosmopolitan city.
- Contents:
- Contents; List of figures, tables and images; Preface; 1. Am I Amsterdam? Immigrant integration and urban change; 2. Ethnic groups in Amsterdam's public spaces; 3. Eating out 'ethnic' in Amsterdam from the 1920's to the present; 4. Living Amsterdam: tangible homes behind Amsterdam's facades; 5. Housing and population: spatial mobility in twentieth-century Amsterdam; 6. Towards cultural diversity in Amsterdam's arts; 7. Multilingual Amsterdam; 8. Immigrant organisations in Amsterdam; 9. Houses of worship and the politics of space in Amsterdam; 10. The integration of migrants into the Amsterdam sport pattern 11. Social boundaries in movement; About the contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-63414-3
- 9786612634147
- 90-485-1120-8
- OCLC:
- 645097248
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