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Foner, Nancy, 1945-

In a new land a comparative view of immigration / [electronic resource] : Nancy Foner. - New York : New York University Press, c2005. - viii, 325 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-303) and index.

The social construction of race in two immigrant eras -- Immigrants and African Americans -- Transnationalism old and new -- Immigrant women and work, then and now -- Being Black in London and New York : the Caribbean experience -- Place matters : comparative perspectives on the West Indian migrant experience -- Gendered transitions : Jamaican women in New York and London -- How exceptional is New York? : immigration in urban America -- Immigration past and present : some U.S.-Europe comparisons.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Emigration and immigration--Cross-cultural studies.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Emigration and immigration.
Europe--Emigration and immigration.
New York (N.Y.)--Emigration and immigration.
London (England)--Emigration and immigration.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JV6465 / .F66 2005eb

Dewey Class. No.: 304.8/73