Global Philadelphia
Subtitle: immigrant communities old and new
By: edited by Ayumi Takenaka and Mary Johnson Osirim.
Contributors: Takenaka, Ayumi.; Osirim, Mary Johnson.
Series: Philadelphia voices, Philadelphia visions
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781439900123; 9781439900130; 9781439900147
Subjects: Immigrants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History; Minorities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History; Immigrants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions; Minorities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions; Community life -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia; Ethnicity -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia; Transnationalism; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Ethnic relations; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Emigration and immigration; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Philadelphia's immigrant communities in historical perspective / Ayumi Takenaka and Mary Johnson Osirim; title: pt. 1. Community formation and intra (and inter-) ethnic relations; title: 125 years of building Jewish immigrant communities in Philadelphia / Rakhmiel Peltz; title: Mapping memories in stone : Italians and the transformation of a Philadelphia landscape / Joan Saverino; title: From pan-Latino enclaves to a community : Puerto Ricans in Philadelphia, 1910-2005 / Victor Vazquez-Hernandez; title: Opportunity, conflict, and communities in transition : historical and contemporary Chinese immigration to Philadelphia / Lena Sze; title: pt. 2. Role of institutions; title: German immigration to Philadelphia from the colonial period through the early 20th century / Birte Pfleger; title: Changes in the behavior of immigrants : the Irish in Philadelphia / Noel J.J. Farley and Philip L. Kilbride; title: Mexican immigrants and health care services in Philadelphia / Jennifer Atlas; title: pt. 3. Identity formation in a trans-national context; title: Philadelphia's Haitian community : transnationalism and unity in the formation of identity / Garvey F. Lundy; title: The new African diaspora : transnationalism and transformation in   Philadelphia / Mary Johnson Osirim; title: From Kerala to Philadelphia : the experiences of Malayalee, Hindu   nurses in Philadelphia / Rasika Chakravarthy and Ajay Nair; title: The other Asians in the other Philadelphia : understanding Cambodian experiences in neighborhoods, classrooms, and Workplaces / Ellen Skilton-Sylvester and Keo Chea.