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207 p., Includes S. Reid's "An Introductory Approach to the Concentration of Power in the Jamaican Corporate Economy and Notes on its Origin." (chapter: pp. 15-44); D. Robotham's "Agrarian Relations in Jamaica." (chapter: pp. 45-57); and Ralph Gonsalves' "The Trade Union Movement in Jamaica: Its Growth and Resultant Problems." (chapter: pp. 89-105).
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313 p, Updated to reflect changes in the composition of New York City's immigrant population, this volume brings together contributions from leaders in their respective fields to show how new immigrants are transforming the city - and how New York, in turn, has affected the newcomers' lives. The contributors consider the four largest groups - Dominicans, former Soviets, Chinese and Jamaicans - as well as Mexicans, Koreans, and West Africans.
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318p, Contents: Introduction : new immigrants and changing patterns in New York City / Nancy Foner -- U.S. immigration policy and the immigrant populations of New York / Ellen Percy Kraly -- New immigrants in New York's economy / Adriana Marshall -- The Dominicans : women in the household and the garment industry / Patricia R. Pessar -- The Haitians : the cultural meaning of race and ethnicity / Susan Buchanan Stafford -- The Vincentians and Grenadians : the role of voluntary associations in immigrant adaptation to New York City / Linda Basch -- The Jamaicans : race and ethnicity among migrants in New York City / Nancy Foner -- The Koreans : small business in an urban frontier / Illsoo Kim -- The Chinese : new immigrants in New York's Chinatown / Bernard Wong -- The Soviet Jews : life in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn / Annelise Orleck.
Santo,Charles Andrew (Editor) and Mildner,Gerard C. S. (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
2010
Published:
Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics
Location:
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267 p, Chapter 12, American Baseball and the Global Labor Market, includes Charles A. Santo's "Resistance and Hegemony in the Caribbean," "Shared History and Parallel Development of Caribbean Baseball," "Dominican Dependency, Underdevelopment, and Exploitation," "Cuban Nationalism and Resistance."
Palmer,Steven Paul (Editor) and Molina Jiménez,Iván (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Durham, NC: Duke University Press
Location:
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383 p., Includes more than fifty texts related to the country's history, culture, politics, and natural environment. Most of these newspaper accounts, histories, petitions, memoirs, poems, and essays are written by Costa Ricans. Includes Jose Cubero's "A slave's story"; Cabildo of Cartago's "Free blacks, mulattoes, and mestizos seek legitimacy"; and Clodomiro Picado's "Our blood is blackening."
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209 p., Based on proceedings of a planning symposium, held at the Caribbean research institute, College of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, May, 1966. Kinds of research most needed and most likely to be useful to developing nations and regions, especially in Latin America and the Caribbean area.
