Across Generations

Nancy Foner is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is the author of numerous books, including In a New Land: A Comparative View of Immigration and New York and Amsterdam: Immigration and the New Urban Landscape (NYU Press). She is the recipient of the 2010 Distinguished Career Award given by the International Migration Section of the American Sociological Association.

Across Generationsoffers an excellent entry into family dynamics that include grandparents, parents, and children as well as a span of first-, second- and third-generation immigrants. - Mary Romero (Journal of American Ethnic History) This powerful volume brings together scholarship on immigrant parents and their children by some of the most original thinkers in the field. - Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo,author of God's Heart Has No Borders This timely and enlightening volume opens a window on immigrant families from a wide range of countries and cultures, and vividly explores the nature of relationships between parents and children growing up between two worlds. - G. Rumbaut,co-author of Immigrant America Throws a brilliant light on one of the most hidden aspects of the immigrant experiencenamely, the private but absolutely crucial relationships in the home between immigrant parents and their U.S.-reared children. - Richard Alba,co-editor of Immigration and Religion in America Across Generations is effective . . . in providing a new depth and dimension to immigrants. With a rare glimpse into immigrant family life, Across Generations captures the voices of people who are straddling two worlds and two generations. (The Indypendent)

• Acknowledgments IntroductionPart I: How Has the Immigrant Past Shaped the Immigrant Present in New York City and Amsterdam? 1. Immigration History and the Remaking of New York 2. To Amsterdam: Migrations Past and Present Part II: What Difference Does the Urban Economy Make to Immigrant Incorporation? 3. Immigrants in New York City's Economy 4. From Amsterdamned to I AmsterdamPart III: Is Islam in Amsterdam Like Race in New York City? 5. Nativism, Racism, and Immigration in New York City 6. Governing through Religion in AmsterdamPart IV: How Are Immigrants Entering the Precincts of Power in New York City and Amsterdam? 7. The Rise of Immigrant Influence in New York City Politics 8. Immigrant Political Engagement and Incorporation in AmsterdamPart V: How Are the Children of Immigrants Shaped by and also Changing New York City's and Amsterdam's Cultural Life? 9. Immigrants, the Arts, and the "Second-Generation Advantage" in New York 10. Immigrant Youths' Contribution to Urban Culture in AmsterdamAbout the Contributors Index