English Speaking Caribbean Immcb

This book discusses the experience of English-speaking immigrants in the United States. Having examined contemporary adjustment concerns of Caribbean immigrants, the authors present research findings, critical analyses, and suggest possible solutions to social and psychological problems immigrants confront as their lives are influenced by both places of origin and destination.

List of contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1.Transnationalism: Trends and Practices among English
Caribbean Immigrants
Lear Matthews
2. Migratory Patterns and Experiences of Anglophone
Caribbean Women
Mary Spooner
3. Migration and Occupational Change
Lear Matthews
4. Transnational Parenting in the African Caribbean Community
Christiana Best-Cummings
5. Transnational Migration: The Elderly and Healthcare
Joyce Hamilton-Henry and Beverley Russell
6. Caribbean Immigrant Families: Transnational Identity
Annette Mahoney and Lear Matthews
7. Hometown Associations: Needs and Challenges
Lear Matthews
8. English-Speaking Caribbean Immigrant Students: Providing Culturally Competent Educational Services
Lear Matthews and Rosalind October-Edun
9. Indo and Afro-Caribbean Immigrants: An Analysis ofSelected Experiences
Desmond Roberts
Notes on Contributors
Index

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Edited by Lear Matthews

Summary

This book discusses the experience of English-speaking immigrants in the United States. Having examined contemporary adjustment concerns of Caribbean immigrants, the authors present research findings, critical analyses, and suggest possible solutions to social and psychologica...

Product details

• Authors: Lear Matthews
• Assisted by: Lear Matthews (Editor), Matthews Lear (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9780761862024
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6202-4
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Caribbean islands, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Black & Asian Studies, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General