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1 online resource (x, 209 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
Series |
Religion, race, and ethnicity series
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Religion, race, and ethnicity.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-204) and index. |
Contents |
Coming to America : Ghanaians and U.S. immigration -- By the Hudson River : the Ghanaian presence in New York -- Remembering the homeland : Ghana and its people -- How shall we sing the Lord's song? PCGNY : an overseas mission -- The compound house : communal life and welfare -- Conflict and cohesion : gender and intergenerational relations -- Ebenezer : spirituality and identity -- Paddling on both sides : analysis and conclusion. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
Summary |
Upon arrival in the United States, most African immigrants are immediately subsumed under the category "black." In the eyes of most Americans and more so to American legal and social systems African immigrants are indistinguishable from all others, such as those from the Caribbean whose skin color they share. Despite their growing presence in many cities and their active involvement in sectors of American economic, social, and cultural life, we know little about them. In From Africa to America, Moses O. Biney offers a rare full-scale look at an African immigrant congregation, The Presbyterian Church of Ghana in New York (PCGNY). Through personal stories, notes from participant observation, and interviews, Biney explores the complexities of the social, economic, and cultural adaptation of this group. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Presbyterian Church of Ghana in New York (New York, N.Y.)
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Presbyterian Church of Ghana in New York (New York, N.Y.) |
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Ghanaian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Religion.
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Ghanaian Americans. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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Religion. |
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New York (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
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National Book Committee. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Biney, Moses O. From Africa to America. New York : New York University Press, ©2011 9780814786413 0814786413 (DLC) 2010027835 (OCoLC)630468483 |
ISBN |
9780814786413 (electronic book) |
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0814786413 (electronic book) |
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9780814789810 (electronic book) |
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0814789811 (electronic book) |
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9780814786390 (cl ; alkaline paper) |
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0814786391 (cl ; alkaline paper) |
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