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.)

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.

Table of Contents

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