One Out of Three - Immigrant New York in the Twenty-First Century

This absorbing anthology features in-depth portraits of diverse ethnic populations, revealing the surprising new realities of immigrant life in twenty-first-century New York City.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Immigrants in New York City in the New Millennium, by Nancy Foner
2. A Portrait of New York's Immigrant Mélange, by Arun Peter Lobo and Joseph J. Salvo
3. Immigration and Economic Growth in New York City, by David Dyssegaard Kallick
4. Soviet Jews: The Continuing Russification of Jewish New York, by Annelise Orleck
5. Chinese: Diverse Origins and Destinies, by Min Zhou
6. Koreans: Changes in New York in the Twenty- First Century, by Pyong Gap Min
7. Jamaicans: Balancing Race and Ethnicity, by Milton Vickerman
8. Liberians: Struggles for Refugee Families, by Bernadette Ludwig
9. Dominicans: Community, Culture, and Collective Identity, by Silvio Torres- Saillant and Ramona Hernández
10. Mexicans: Civic Engagement, Education, and Progress Achieved and Inhibited, by Robert Courtney Smith
11. The Next Generation Emerges, by Philip Kasinitz, John H. Mollenkopf, and Mary C. Waters
Contributors
Index

About the author

Nancy Foner is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Hunter College and at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is the author of numerous books, including From Ellis Island to JFK: New York's Two Great Waves of Immigration.

Summary

This absorbing anthology features in-depth portraits of diverse ethnic populations, revealing the surprising new realities of immigrant life in twenty-first-century New York City.

Product details

• Authors: Nancy Foner, Nancy (EDT) Foner
• Assisted by: Nancy Foner (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.06.2013
• EAN: 9780231159371
• ISBN: 978-0-231-15937-1
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; New York, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General