| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 301 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-295) and index. |
| Contents |
Beyond black and white theories of political incorporation -- "Good" blacks and "bad" blacks? -- Letting sleeping giants lie -- Afro-Caribbeans and African Americans -- Afro-Caribbean sojourners -- Black like who? Afro-Caribbean immigrants, African Americans, and the politics of group identity -- Black ethnic options. |
| Summary |
This book examines the political behavior of Afro-Caribbean immigrants in New York City to answer a familiar, but nagging question about American democracy. Does racism still complicate or limit the political integration patterns of racial minorities in the United States? With the arrival of unprecedented numbers of immigrants from Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean over the last several decades, there is reason once again to consider this question. The country is confronting the challenge of incorporating a steady, substantial stream of non-white, non-European voluntary immigrants into the political system. Will racism make this process as difficult for these newcomers as it did for African Americans? The book concludes discrimination does interfere with the immigrants' adjustment to American political life. But their political options and strategic choices in the face of this challenge are unexpected ones, not anticipated by standard accounts in the political science literature. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Caribbean Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Politics and government.
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Caribbean Americans. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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Politics and government. |
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Caribbean Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Ethnic identity.
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Ethnicity. |
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Black people -- New York (State) -- New York -- Politics and government.
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Black people. |
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Black people -- Race identity -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Black people -- Race identity. |
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Immigrants -- Political activity -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Immigrants -- Political activity. |
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Immigrants. |
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Political participation -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Political participation. |
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Ethnicity -- Political aspects -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Ethnicity -- Political aspects. |
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Racism -- Political aspects -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Racism -- Political aspects. |
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Racism. |
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New York (N.Y.) -- Race relations -- Political aspects.
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National Book Committee. |
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Race relations. |
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New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1951-
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| Chronological Term |
1951- |
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Since 1951 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Racism. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Rogers, Reuel Reuben, 1969- Afro-Caribbean immigrants and the politics of incorporation. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521859220 0521676401 (DLC) 2005023295 (OCoLC)61362060 |
| ISBN |
0511169264 (electronic book) |
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9780511169267 (electronic book) |
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0511168837 (electronic book) |
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9780511168833 (electronic book) |
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9780521676403 (paperback) |
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0521676401 (paperback) |
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9780521859226 (hardback) |
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0521859220 (hardback) |
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9780511606694 (electronic book) |
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0511606699 (electronic book) |
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1280436883 |
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9781280436888 |
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051116839X |
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9780511168390 |
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0511167873 |
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9780511167874 |
