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New York and Amsterdam : immigration and the new urban landscape /

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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Foner, Nancy, 1945- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction New York and Amsterdam : immigration and the new urban landscape / Jan Rath, Nancy Foner, Jan Willem Duyvendak, and Rogier van Reekum
  • How has the immigrant past shaped the immigrant present in New York city and Amsterdam?
  • Immigration history and the remaking of New York / Nancy Foner
  • To Amsterdam : migrations past and present / Leo Lucassen
  • What difference does the urban economy make to immigrant incorporation?
  • Immigrants in New York City's economy : a portrait in full living color / David Dyssegaard Kallick
  • From Amsterdamned to I Amsterdam : the Amsterdam economy and its impact on the labor market position of migrants, 1980-2010 / Robert C. Kloosterman
  • Is Islam in Amsterdam like race in New York city?
  • Nativism, racism, and immigration in New York City / Mary C. Waters
  • Governing through religion in Amsterdam : the stigmatization of ethnic cultures and the uses of Islam / Justus Uitermark, Jan Willem Duyvendak, and Jan Rath
  • How are immigrants entering the precincts of power in New York City and Amsterdam?
  • The rise of immigrant influence in New York City politics / John Mollenkopf
  • Immigrant political engagement and incorporation in Amsterdam / Floris Vermeulen, Laure Michon, and Jean Tillie
  • How are the children of immigrants shaped by and also changing New York City's and Amsterdam's cultural life?
  • Immigrants, the arts, and the "second-generation advantage" in New York / Philip Kasinitz
  • Immigrant youths' contribution to urban culture in Amsterdam / Christine Delhaye, Sawitri Saharso, and Victor van de Ven
  • About the contributors
  • Index.