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.
