Black Identities / / Mary C. WATERS.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
• VerfasserIn: WATERS, Mary C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2021]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Russell Sage Foundation Books at Harvard University Press
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (431 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; CONTENTS --; TABLES AND MAP --; 1 Introduction --; 2 Historical Legacies --; 3 Racial and Ethnic Identity Choices --; 4 West Indians at Work --; 5 Encountering American Race Relations --; 6 Intergenerational Dynamics --; 7 Segregated Neighborhoods and Schools --; 8 Identities of the Second Generation --; 9 Immigrants and American Race Relations --; Appendix: Notes on Methodology --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674044944; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674044944
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Mary C. WATERS.

The story of West Indian immigrants to the United States is generally considered to be a great success. Mary Waters, however, tells a very different story. She finds that the values that gain first-generation immigrants initial success--a willingness to work hard, a lack of attention to racism, a desire for education, an incentive to save--are undermined by the realities of life and race relations in the United States. Contrary to long-held beliefs, Waters finds, those who resist Americanization are most likely to succeed economically, especially in the second generation.