Migration, Transnationalization, and Race in a Changing New York - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1566398886 ISBN 13: 9781566398886

Publisher: Temple University Press, 2001

Synopsis

In this work, 19 scholars from a range of disciplines discuss New York's immigrant communities. They explore the interaction between economic globalization and transnationalization, demographic change, and the evolving racial, ethnic and gender dynamics in the city.

About this title

From the Publisher

An examination of the complex forces that shape the contemporary immigration experience in New York City.

From the Inside Flap

"Innovative and illuminating, this book is exactly what we need at this time: an examination of specific instances which capture the features, the meaning and the implications of transnationalism. This volume is exciting because it includes a younger generation of researchers. One of the book's strengths is that it combines a focus on migration with a focus on the city. Through this detailed lens, [the editors] make a contribution to our understanding of larger cross-boarder dynamics."

—Saskia Sassen, Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago, and author of The Global City 2001

"One hears a lot about transnationalism these days. But the word is used so loosely that it often loses any real meaning. This book puts some meat on the bones of transnationalism by showing how it unfolds among various immigrant groups in one particular city—New York—not only now, but in the past. It reveals both the fascinating diversity and remarkable similarity of transnationalism as it plays out across different groups and times." —Douglas S. Massey, Dorothy Swaine Thomas Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania

"These sure-handed editors have produced a rich, varied, and sophisticated picture of how immigration is changing the face of America's gateway city, New York. Exploring a dozen immigrant groups, the leading scholars reveal how class, gender, transnational ties, discrimination, and political action are shaping the formation of new Americans in a renewed city." —John Mollenkopf, Director, Center for Urban Research, CUNY Graduate Center, and co-author of Place Matters: Metropolitics for the 21st Century

Edition details

• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1566398886
• ISBN 13: 9781566398886
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Cordero-Guzman Hector R, Smith Robert C, Grosfoguel Ramon