Global Philadelphia : immigrant communities old and new /

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The racial and ethnic composition of Philadelphia continues to diversify as a new wave of immigrants-largely from Asia and Latin America-reshape the city's demographic landscape. Moreover, in a globalized economy, immigration is the key to a city's survival and competitiveness. The contrib...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Takenaka, Ayumi, Osirim, Mary Johnson
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2010.
Colección:Philadelphia voices, Philadelphia visions.
Temas:
Immigrants > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
Minorities > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
Immigrants > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social conditions.
Minorities > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social conditions.
Community life > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Ethnicity > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Transnationalism.
Minorités > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Conditions sociales.
Communauté > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
Ethnicité > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
Transnationalisme.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Community life.
Emigration and immigration.
Ethnic relations.
Ethnicity.
Immigrants.
Immigrants > Social conditions.
Minorities.
Minorities > Social conditions.
Social conditions
United States Local History.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
History & Archaeology.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Ethnic relations.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Emigration and immigration.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Philadelphia's immigrant communities in historical perspective / Ayumi Takenaka and Mary Johnson Osirim
  • pt. I. Community formation and intra- (and inter- ) ethnic relations. 125 years of building Jewish immigrant communities in Philadelphia / Rakhmiel Peltz
  • Mapping memories in stone : Italians and the transformation of a Philadelphia landscape / Joan Saverino
  • Pan-Latino enclaves in Philadelphia and the formation of the Puerto Rican community / Victor Vazquez-Hernandez
  • Opportunity, conflict, and communities in transition : historical and contemporary Chinese immigration to Philadelphia / Lena Sze
  • pt. II. The role of institutions. German immigration to Philadelphia from the colonial period through the twentieth century / Birte Pfleger
  • Changes in the behavior of immigrants : the Irish in Philadelphia / Noel J.J. Farley and Philip L. Kilbride
  • Healthcare access for Mexican immigrants in South Philadelphia / Jennifer Atlas
  • pt. III. Identity formation in a transnational context. Philadelphia's Haitian community : transnationalism and unity in the formation of identity / Garvey F. Lundy
  • The new African diaspora : transnationalism and transformation in Philadelphia / Mary Johnson Osirim
  • From Kerala to Philadelphia : the experiences of Malayalee, Hindu nurses in Philadelphia / Rasika Chakravarthy and Ajay Nair
  • The other Asians in the other Philadelphia : understanding Cambodian experiences in neighborhoods, classrooms, and workplaces / Ellen Skilton-Sylvester and Keo Chea-Young.

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