New York and Amsterdam : : Immigration and the New Urban Landscape / / ed. by Nancy Foner, Rogier van Reekum, Jan Willem Duyvendak, Jan Rath.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Delhaye, Christine,; Duyvendak, Jan Willem,; Dyssegaard Kallick, David,; Foner, Nancy,; Kasinitz, Philip,; Kloosterman, Robert C.,; Lucassen, Leo,; Michon, Laure,; Mollenkopf, John,; Rath, Jan,; Saharso, Sawitri,; Tillie, Jean,; Uitermark, Justus,; Vermeulen, Floris,; Waters, Mary C.,; van Reekum, Rogier,; van de Ven, Victor,
• HerausgeberIn: Duyvendak, Jan Willem,; Foner, Nancy,; Rath, Jan,; Reekum, Rogier van,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 32 black and white illustrations

Immigration is dramatically changing major cities throughout the world. Nowhere is this more so than in New York City and Amsterdam, which, after decades of large-scale immigration, now have populations that are more than a third foreign-born. These cities have had to deal with the challenge of incorporating hundreds of thousands of immigrants whose cultures, languages, religions, and racial backgrounds differ dramatically from those of many long-established residents. New York and Amsterdam brings together a distinguished and interdisciplinary group of American and Dutch scholars to examine and compare the impact of immigration on two of the world’s largest urban centers. The original essays in this volume discuss how immigration has affected social, political, and economic structures, cultural patterns, and intergroup relations in the two cities, investigating how the particular, and changing, urban contexts of New York City and Amsterdam have shaped immigrant and second generation experiences. Despite many parallels between New York and Amsterdam, the differences stand out, and juxtaposing essays on immigration in the two cities helps to illuminate the essential issues that today’s immigrants and their children confront. Organized around five main themes, this book offers an in-depth view of the impact of immigration as it affects particular places, with specific histories, institutions, and immigrant populations. New York and Amsterdam profoundly contributes to our broader understanding of the transformations wrought by immigration and the dynamics of urban change, providing new insights into how—and why— immigration’s effects differ on the two sides of the Atlantic.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. New York and Amsterdam: Immigration and the New Urban Landscape -- Part I. How Has the Immigrant Past Shaped the Immigrant Present in New York City and Amsterdam? -- 1. Immigration History and the Remaking of New York -- 2. To Amsterdam -- Part II. What Difference Does the Urban Economy Make to Immigrant Incorporation? -- 3. Immigrants in New York City’s Economy -- 4. From Amsterdamned to I Amsterdam -- Part III. Is Islam in Amsterdam Like Race in New York City? -- 5. Nativism, Racism, and Immigration in New York City -- 6. Governing through Religion in Amsterdam -- Part IV. How Are Immigrants Entering the Precincts of Power in New York City and Amsterdam? -- 7. The Rise of Immigrant Influence in New York City Politics -- 8. Immigrant Political Engagement and Incorporation in Amsterdam -- Part V. How Are the Children of Immigrants Shaped by and Also Changing New York City’s and Amsterdam’s Cultural Life? -- 9. Immigrants, the Arts, and the “Second- Generation Advantage” in New York -- 10. Immigrant Youths’ Contribution to Urban Culture in Amsterdam -- About the Contributors -- Index