American odyssey : Haitians in New York City

Author(s)

• Laguerre, Michel S.

Bibliographic Information

American odyssey : Haitians in New York City

Michel S. Laguerre

Cornell University Press, c1984

• pbk.

Note

Bibliography: p. 177-194

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Caribbean immigrants have now become part of the social landscape of many American cities. Few studies, however, have treated in detail the process of their integration in American society. American Odyssey assesses the development and adaptation, in both human and socio-economic terms, of the Haitian immigrant community in three boroughs of New York City. An informed and well-rounded portrayal of a Caribbean community in New York, this book offers a fresh theoretical view of the structuring of urban ethnicity and provides the ethnographic background essential to understanding the problems of the Haitian population in the United States.

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Details

• NCID: BA03248629
• ISBN:
  • 080141685X
  • 080149270X
• LCCN: 83021078
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Ithaca, N.Y.
• Pages/Volumes: 198 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : F128.9.H27
  • DC19 : 305.8/9697294/07471
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Haitian Americans -- New York (N.Y.)
  • LCSH : Haitians -- New York (N.Y.)
  • LCSH : New York (N.Y.) -- Foreign population