Global Philadelphia : immigrant communities old and new edited by Ayumi Takenaka and Mary Johnson Osirim

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Takenaka, Ayumi.

Osirim, Mary Johnson.

Series:

Philadelphia voices, Philadelphia visions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Ethnic relations.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Emigration and immigration.

Immigrants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.

Immigrants.

Minorities--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.

Minorities.

Immigrants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Social conditions.

Minorities--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Social conditions.

Community life--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Community life.

Ethnicity--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Ethnicity.

Transnationalism.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

x, 310 p. : ill., 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.

ISBN:

9781439900123 (cloth : alk. paper)

1439900124 (cloth : alk. paper)

9781439900130 (paper : alk. paper)

1439900132 (paper : alk. paper)

9781439900147 (electronic)

1439900140 (electronic)

OCLC:

441165419