Islands in the City

"These superb essays illuminate the fascinating process of absorbing West Indian immigrants into New York City's multicultural but racially divided social fabric.... The result is a model of multidisciplinary analysis" - John Mollenkopf, coauthor of Place Matters; "Islands in the City is a comprehensive collection of the recent findings of the foremost scholars in this field. The premier researchers on West Indians in New York City discuss migration from historical, statistical, theoretical, and experiential points of view. This volume will be used as a model for understanding migration in other areas and it will have importance beyond its field." - Wallace Zane, author of Journeys to the Spiritual Lands; "Nancy Foner has pulled together excellent essays by the leading scholars of the emerging study of West Indians in the United States." - David Reimers, coauthor of All the Nations Under Heaven; "West Indians sit right at the center of the crucial divides of race, class, nationality, nativity, gender, generation, and identity. The insights of this book teach us much of what we need to know about our changing nation." - Jennifer Hochschild, author of Facing Up to the American Dream