Survival of the knitted
Subtitle: immigrant social networks in a stratified world
By: Vilna Francine Bashi.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780804740890; 9780804740906
Subjects: West Indians -- Social networks; West Indians -- Foreign countries; Immigrants -- Social networks; West Indies -- Emigration and immigration
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Networking the globe; title: Globally incorporating and marginalizing the black Caribbean; title: Hubs, spokes, and a culture of reciprocity; title: Getting smart about getting in; title: Working and networking; title: Deepening network footholds; title: "We don't have that back home"; title: Networks as ethnic projects.