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American Odyssey

Haitians in New York City

Michel Laguerre author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cornell University Press

Published:30th May '84

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Caribbean immigrants have now become part of the social landscape of many American cities. Few studies, however, have treated in detail the process of their integration in American society. American Odyssey assesses the development and adaptation, in both human and socio-economic terms, of the Haitian immigrant community in three boroughs of New York City.

An informed and well-rounded portrayal of a Caribbean community in New York, this book offers a fresh theoretical view of the structuring of urban ethnicity and provides the ethnographic background essential to understanding the problems of the Haitian population in the United States.

This is the most comprehensive study of the Haitian experience in the United States to date.... Laguerre may don the title of 'dean' of Haitianology in North America, a source of pride for the anthropological profession.

* American Anthropologi

ISBN: 9780801492709

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm

Weight: 454g

200 pages