Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 308
Trim: 6⅜ x 9¼
978-0-7425-4087-3 • Hardback • August 2007 • $143.00 • (£110.00)
978-0-7425-4088-0 • Paperback • August 2007 • $56.00 • (£43.00)
978-1-4616-4505-4 • eBook • August 2007 • $53.00 • (£41.00)
Yoku Shaw-Taylor is a research scientist at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago.
Steven A. Tuch is professor of sociology, public policy, and public administration at the George Washington University.
Chapter 1 The Intersection of Assimilation, Race, Presentation of Self and Transnationalism in America
Chapter 2 Who Are the Other African Americans? Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the U.S.
Chapter 3 Thinking through Identities: Black Peoples, Race Labels and Ethnic Consciousness
Chapter 4 Marriage and Family Socialization among Black Americans, Caribbean and African Immigrants
Chapter 5 Earnings, Wealth and Social Capital: A Review of Debates and Issues
Chapter 6 Contrasting Religious Preferences between Catholic African Americans and Haitian Americans
Chapter 7 Becoming American and Maintaining an Ethnic Identity: The Case of Dominican Americans
Chapter 8 Beyond Social Distancing: Intermarriage and Ethnic Boundaries among African Americans in Boston
Chapter 9 The Stress of Migration and the Mental Health of African Immigrants
A fine volume of work that enriches our understanding of the rapidly diversifying black community in the United States.
— 2008; Inequalities
This volume of original research provides historical and contemporary information by comparing US-born African Americans with Caribbean and African blacks now living in the US. Summing Up: Recommended.
— Choice Reviews