The African diaspora in the U.S. and Canada at the dawn of the 21st century / edited by John W. Frazier, Joe T. Darden, and Norah F. Henry.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Henry, Norah F. (Norah Fox)

Darden, Joe T.

Frazier, John W.

Series:

A Global Academic Publishing book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African diaspora.

Black people--Canada--Social conditions.

Black people.

African Americans--Social conditions.

African Americans.

Black people--Race identity--Canada.

African Americans--Race identity.

Canada--Race relations.

Canada.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (387 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Offers important new perspectives on the African Diaspora in North America.Drawing on the work of social scientists from geographic, historical, sociological, and political science perspectives, this volume offers new perspectives on the African Diaspora in the United States and Canada. It has been approximately four centuries since the first Africans set foot in North America, and although it is impossible for any text to capture the complete Black experience on the continent, the persistent legacy of Black inequality and the winds of dramatic change are inseparable parts of the current African Diaspora experience. In addition to comparing and contrasting the experiences and geographic patterns of the African Diaspora in the United States and Canada, the book also explores important distinctions between the experiences of African Americans and those of more recent African and Afro-Caribbean immigrants.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

SECTION 1: An Introduction

Chapter 1 An Introduction to the African Diaspora in the United States and Canada at the Dawn of the 21st Century

SECTION 2: Perspectives on the African Diaspora in Canada

Chapter 2 The African Diaspora in Canada

Chapter 3 The African Diaspora in Montréal and Halifax A Comparative Overview of “the Entangled Burdens of Race, Class, and Space”

Chapter 4 The African Diaspora: Historical and Contemporary Immigration and Employment Practices in Toronto

Chapter 5 Housing Experiences of New African Immigrants and Refugees in Toronto

Chapter 6 Race, Place, and Social Mobility of Jamaicans in Toronto

SECTION 3: Perspectives on the U.S. African Diaspora

Chapter 7 A Perspective of the African Diaspora in the United States

Theme 1: Persistence of Inequalities

Chapter 8 Austin: A City Divided

Chapter 9 The African Diaspora in a Changing Metropolitan Region: The Case of Atlanta, Georgia

Chapter 10 Geographic Racial Equality in America’s Most Segregated Metropolitan Area—Detroit

Chapter 11 Place, Race and Displacement Following Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans

Chapter 12 Black New York City Out-Migrants, 1995–2000: Opportunity and Destination Choice

Theme 2: Perspectives on Recent Black Immigrants

Chapter 13 Deconstructing the Black Populations of New York City and Miami-Dade County

Chapter 14 Jamaicans in Broward County, Florida

Chapter 15 Africans in Washington, DC: Ethiopian Ethnic Institutions and Immigrant Adjustment

Chapter 16 Somalis in Maine

Chapter 17 Liberians and African Americans: Settlement and Ethnic Separation in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area

Chapter 18 Globalization and Ghanian Immigrant Trajectories to Cincinnati: Who Benefits?

Chapter 19 Ethnic Small-Business Relocations: A Case Study in the Bronx, NY, 2007

SECTION 4: Summary and Conclusions

Chapter 20 The African Diaspora in the United States and Canada at the Dawn of the 21st Century: Themes and Concluding Perspectives

Works Cited

About the Authors

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-369) and index.

ISBN:

9781438436852

1438436858

OCLC:

794698966