The Dominican Americans / Silvio Torres-Saillant and Ramona Hernández.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Torres-Saillant, Silvio.

Contributor:

Hernández, Ramona.

Series:

New Americans (Westport, Conn.)

The new Americans, 1092-6364

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dominican Americans.

Physical Description:

xxi, 184 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.

Summary:

"This profile of Dominican Americans closes a critical gap in information about the accomplishments of one of the largest immigrant groups in the United States. Beginning with a look at the historical background and the roots of native Dominicans, this book traces the story of U.S. and Dominican relations. Most importantly, this book assesses how Dominicans have adapted to America, and highlights their losses and gains since arriving. Biographical profiles of many notable Dominican Americans, such as artists, sports greats, musicians, lawyers, novelists, actors, and activists, enhance the text."--Jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: A Brief Historical Background

The Land

The Native Inhabitants

The Conquest

The African Population

Roots of Dominicanness

Precarious Autonomy

U.S.-Dominican Relations: An Age-Old Romance

The Rediscovery of Dominicans

Dominican Familiarity with the United States

American Ideas and the Birth of the Dominican State

American Agents in Santo Domingo

American Idylls in the Dominican Land

Bringing Dominicans into the Union

Dominican Blackness and Frederick Douglass

Dominicans in an American Protectorate

Americans Governing Dominicans: 1916-1924

Dominicans Americanized

The Dominican Exodus

Escape from the Native Land

A Continuous Exodus

Who Are the Immigrants?

The Making of a Migratory Movement

Restructuring the Dominican Economy

Stability, Family Planning, and Emigration

Economic Growth and Surplus Population

Modernization and Import Substitution

The Cattle-Agricultural Sector

Economic Changes

Accumulation and Crisis

The Great Escape

Dominicans in the United States: The Rise of a Community

Labor Market Experience

Prior to Migration

Distribution of Dominican Workers

Occupations and Earnings

Employment, Unemployment, Outcomes

Education and Residential Patterns

Dominicans in Business

Who Are the Business Owners?

Assessing the Business Sector

Voluntary Associations

Membership and Participation

Social Function

Professionals and Advocacy

Education

Health Issues

Drugs and Violence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-171) and index.

British Library not licensed to copy 0.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

Other Format:

Online version: Torres-Saillant, Silvio. Dominican Americans.

ISBN:

0313298394

9780313298394

OCLC:

37546807