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Author Biney, Moses O.

Title From Africa to America : religion and adaptation among Ghanaian immigrants in New York / Moses O. Biney.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 209 pages) : illustrations.
text file
Series Religion, race, and ethnicity series
Religion, race, and ethnicity.
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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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL
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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.
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Subject Presbyterian Church of Ghana in New York (New York, N.Y.)
Presbyterian Church of Ghana in New York (New York, N.Y.)
Ghanaian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Religion.
Ghanaian Americans.
New York (State) -- New York.
Religion.
New York (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
National Book Committee.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
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)
0814786413 (electronic book)
9780814789810 (electronic book)
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9780814786390 (cl ; alkaline paper)
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