International express : New Yorkers on the 7 train /

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Nicknamed the International Express, the New York City Transit Authority 7 subway line runs through a highly diverse series of ethnic and immigrant neighborhoods in Queens. People from Andean South America, Central America, China, India, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, and Vietnam,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Tonnelat, Stéphane (Author), Kornblum, William (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Multiculturalism > New York (State) > New York.
Subways > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York.
Ethnic groups > New York (State) > New York.
Immigrants > Cultural assimilation > New York (State) > New York.
Multiculturalisme > New York (État) > New York.
Métros > Aspect social > New York (État) > New York.
Groupes ethniques > New York (État) > New York.
Immigrants > Intégration > New York (État) > New York.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Ethnic groups
Immigrants > Cultural assimilation
Multiculturalism
Subways > Social aspects
New York (State) > New York
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Becoming New Yorkers on the 7 train
  • Coping with diversity aboard the "International Express"
  • Walking to the stations, code switching, and the I-we-you shift
  • The 74th Street/Roosevelt Avenue Station: universalism, differentiation, and discrimination
  • Trust in the subway: exploring the situational community in transit
  • Gender relations on the subway
  • Teenagers on the 7 train
  • Subway city: the 7 train as an engine of urbanism
  • Conclusion: a world of subway citizens.

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