American Odyssey: Haitians in New York City

American Odyssey: Haitians in New York City
ISBN-10
080149270X
ISBN-13
9780801492709
Series
American Odyssey
Category
Social Science
Pages
204
Language
English
Published
1984
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Author
Michel S. Laguerre

Description

Caribbean immigrants have now become part of the social landscape of many American cities. Few studies, however, have treated in detail the process of their integration in American society. American Odyssey assesses the development and adaptation, in both human and socio-economic terms, of the Haitian immigrant community in three boroughs of New York City. An informed and well-rounded portrayal of a Caribbean community in New York, this book offers a fresh theoretical view of the structuring of urban ethnicity and provides the ethnographic background essential to understanding the problems of the Haitian population in the United States.

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