In A New Land : A Comparative View Of Immigration

Acknowledgments vii Introduction: Migration in Comparative Perspective 1(10) Comparisons Across Time: Immigrants in New York's Two Great Waves The Social Construction of Race in Two Immigrant Eras 11(32) Immigrants and African Americans 43(19) Transnationalism Old and New 62(27) Immigrant Women and Work, Then and Now 89(20) Comparisons Across Space: West Indians in New York and London Being Black in London and New York: The Caribbean Experience 109(22) Place Matters: Comparative Perspectives on the West Indian Migrant Experience 131(25) Gendered Transitions: Jamaican Women in New York and London 156(27) Comparisons Across Space: Urban and National Perspectives How Exceptional Is New York? Immigration in Contemporary Urban America 183(23) Immigration Past and Present: Some U.S. -Europe Comparisons 206(19) Notes 225(42) References 267(38) Index 305(22) About the Author 327