Islands in the City
Subtitle: West Indian Migration to New York
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: August 6, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780520228504
Subjects: American studies; Immigration & emigration; Social groups & communities; Sociology; New York; Congresses; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Social conditions; West Indies; New York (State); Anthropology - Cultural; Emigration & Immigration; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Blacks; West Indian Americans; Race identity
First sentence: Around 1900, African Caribbean women began migrating in increasing numbers to the United States, settling mainly in clusters of compatriots in African American communities of New York City.