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Caribbean migration to Western Europe and the United States : essays on incorporation, identity, and citizenship / edited by Margarita Cervantes-Rodriguez, Ramon Grosfoguel, and Eric Mielants.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- West Indians--Migrations.
- West Indians.
- West Indians--Europe, Western--Social conditions.
- West Indians--United States--Social conditions.
- Caribbean Area--Emigration and immigration.
- Caribbean Area.
- Europe, Western--Emigration and immigration.
- Europe, Western.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (270 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Caribbean Migration to Western Europe and the United States features a diverse group of scholars from across academic disciplines studying the transnational paths of Caribbean migration. How has the colonial path of the Caribbean influenced migration with regard to power relations, ethnic identities and transnational processes?Through a series of case studies, the contributors to this volume examine the experiences of Caribbean immigrants to Spain, France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands as well as the United States. They show the demographic, socioeconomic, politi
- Contents:
- Theorizing about and beyond transnational processes / Nina Glick Schiller
- Colonial racism, ethnicity, and citizenship : the lessons of the migration experiences of French-speaking Caribbean populations / Michel Giraud
- From the periphery to the core : a case study on the migration and incorporation of recent Caribbean immigrants in the Netherlands / Eric Mielants
- Puerto Ricans in the United States and French West Indian immigrants in France / Monique Milia-Marie-Luce
- Puerto Rican migration and settlement in south Florida : ethnic identities and transnational spaces / Elizabeth Aranda
- Racialized culture and translocal counter-publics : rumba and social disorder in New York and Havana / Lisa Maya Knauer
- The making of Suriland : the binational development of a black community between the tropics and the North Sea / Livio Sansone
- Cubans and Dominicans : is there a Latino experience in the United States? / John R. Logan and Wenquan Zhang
- Dominican women, heads of households in Spain / Laura Oso Casas
- Identity and kinship : Caribbean transnational narratives / Mary Chamberlain.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612047466
- 9781592139552
- 1592139558
- 9781282047464
- 1282047469
- 9781592139569
- 1592139566
- OCLC:
- 320548694
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