Search Results - "Jamaicans"

Jamaican immigrants in the United States and Canada race, transnationalism, and social capital / by Jones, Terry-Ann, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Comparative diasporas -- Theoretical framework -- Research design -- Jamaicans in South Florida and Toronto compared -- Jamaican immigrant incorporation -- The racial and ethnic context -- Jamaican transnationalism -- Summary and conclusions -- Appendix : research questionnaire.…”
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Red Seas Ferdinand Smith and radical black sailors in the United States and Jamaica / by Horne, Gerald

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Mahogany the costs of luxury in early America / by Anderson, Jennifer L., 1966-

Table of Contents: “…A new species of elegance -- The gold standard of Jamaican mahogany -- Supplying the Empire -- The bitters and the sweets of trade -- Slavery in the rainforest -- Redefining mahogany in the Early Republic -- Mastering nature and the challenge of mahogany -- Democratizing mahogany and the advent of steam -- An old species of elegance.…”
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Immigration and American popular culture an introduction / by Rubin, Rachel, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Hollywood, 1930 : Jewish gangster masquerade -- Los Angeles, 1943 : zoot suit style, immigrant politics -- Broadway, 1957 : West Side Story and the Nuyorican blues -- Monterey, 1967 : the hippies meet Ravi Shankar -- South Bronx, 1977 : Jamaican migrants, born Jamericans, and global music -- Cyberspace, y2k : giant robots, Asian punks -- Afterword : Chelsea, 2006 ; wandering popular culture.…”
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In a new land a comparative view of immigration / by Foner, Nancy, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…The social construction of race in two immigrant eras -- Immigrants and African Americans -- Transnationalism old and new -- Immigrant women and work, then and now -- Being Black in London and New York : the Caribbean experience -- Place matters : comparative perspectives on the West Indian migrant experience -- Gendered transitions : Jamaican women in New York and London -- How exceptional is New York? …”
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