New York and Amsterdam : : Immigration and the New Urban Landscape /

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

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 inco...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 32 black and white illustrations
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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

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