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Black ethnics : race, immigration, and the pursuit of the American dream
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greer, Christina M., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Race identity--United States.
- African Americans.
- Black people--Race identity--United States.
- Black people.
- African Americans--Attitudes--United States.
- Black people--Attitudes--United States.
- African Americans--Employment.
- Black people--Employment.
- African Americans--Relations with West Indians.
- African Americans--Relations with Africans.
- Labor unions.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Black ethnics
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This title explores the political significance of ethnicity for new immigrant and native-born blacks. Utilizing an original survey of a New York City labour population and multiple national data sources, it concludes that racial and ethnic identities affect the ways in which black ethnic groups conceptualize their possibilities for advancement and placement within the American polity.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Aug 7, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 9780199346332 (ebook) :
- OCLC:
- 819531696
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