Black Identities / / 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 de...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999 |
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| 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
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (431 p.) |
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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