Invisible sojourners
Subtitle: African immigrant diaspora in the United States
By: John A. Arthur
Publisher: Praeger; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780313000591
Subjects: Africans; Social conditions; Immigrants; Migrations; African diaspora; Emigration and immigration; Africains; Conditions sociales; Émigration et immigration; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Ethnic Studies; African American Studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-191) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction: African immigrants in the new global migration.; title: 2. Causes of African migration to the United States and the dynamics of the post-arrival adjustment process.; title: 3. Portrait of the African immigrants in the United States.; title: 4. From the horn of Africa to the northern plains of Minnesota: the case of the African refugees.; title: 5. African immigrant social networks, race relations, and social integration.; title: 6. Family, household structure, educational attainment, and business formation.; title: 7. The lives of the immigrant women and their children.; title: 8. Pathways to naturalization, repatriation, and future goals.; title: 9. The future of African immigration to the United States.