New African Diaspora in North America

Trends, Community Building, and Adaptation

AvKwadwo Konadu-Agyemang,Baffour K. Takyi

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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Beskrivning

The New African Diaspora in North America brings together sociologists, social workers, geographers, economists, anthropologists and others to explore the African immigrant experience from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The contributors shed light on the factors behind the increasing wave in African immigration to the U.S. and Canada, the socio-economic characteristics of African immigrants, their spatial distribution, obstacles, and contributions. Despite their increasing presence, African immigrant groups in the U.S. and Canada have engendered relatively little scholarly research on their pre- and post-migration experience. This collection helps fill that void, and will be valuable reading for anyone interested in African Diaspora studies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-07-21
Mått:163 x 240 x 25 mm
Vikt:640 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:310
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780739111512

Utforska kategorier

Sociala grupper och identitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning at The University of Akron, Ohio. Baffour K. Takyi is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Akron, Ohio. John A. Arthur is Professor of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Minnesota, Duluth campus and chair of the Sociology and Anthropology Department.

Recensioner i media

This book brings together excellent contributions from some very hard-working scholars in the field of African Diaspora studies. The editors should be commended for their commitment and leadership in putting together a work that will advance the field in significant ways.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 An Overview of African Immigration to the U.S. and CanadaChapter 2 Theoretical Perspectives on African MigrationChapter 3 The Contradictions of Globalization: Causes of Contemporary African Immigration to the United States of AmericaChapter 4 Location and Settlement Patterns of African Immigrants in the U.S.: Demographics and Spatial ContextChapter 5 African Immigrants in Canada: Trends, Socio-demographic and Spatial AspectsChapter 6 Creating the Vertical Village: Senegalese Traditions of Immigration and Transnational Cultural LifeChapter 7 Ethnic Identity Conflict and Diasporic Constructions in the New World:The Case of Asante in North AmericaChapter 8 Still Praisin' God in a New Land: African Immigrant Christianity in NorthAmericaChapter 9 Nigerians in North America: New Frontiers, Old Associations?Chapter 10 Africans in the Diaspora: Black-White Earnings Differences Among America's AfricansChapter 11 Unintended Consequences: Liberalized U.S. Immigration Law and the African Brain DrainChapter 12 Knocking at the Door: Professional African Immigrant and Refugee Women's Experiences: in the Toronto Labor MarketChapter 13 Lifting the Yoke of Tradition: New African Market-Women Diaspora: From Kaneshi, Accra to Harlem, New YorkChapter 14 English Language Acquisition and Some Pedagogical Issues Affecting the Adaptation of African Immigrant ChildrenChapter 15 Transnationalism Among African Immigrants in North America: The Case Ghanaians in CanadaChapter 16 Conclusions and Policy Recommendations