East-European Jewish immigration to the United States, ca. Joel Perlmann Chapter 5 Peasantry and trading diaspora. The internationalization of black culture. A comparison of lower-class youth in Brazil and the Netherlands Livio Sansone Chapter 7 Creoles and Hindustanis. Understanding differences in school attainment between Iberian and Turkish youth in the Netherlands Flip Lindo Chapter 9 Breaking the circle of disadvantage.
Critical analysis pervades and unifies the various contributions.
Theory and experience are skilfully combined. Vermeulen and Perlmann's new collection provides a refreshing alternative. Neither predictable nor polemical, this book brings together an unusual group of inter-disciplinary essays which survey the ethnic scene in old and new worlds. A volume that deserves the attention of historians, sociologists, and anthropologists alike, who are sure to find enlightenment, even as they encounter arguments with which they will want to quarrel. It brings together essays and case studies by leading Dutch and U.S. scholars, which in various ways all examine the complex relationship between structural and cultural forces in shaping the life chances of ethnic minorities.