Caribbean New York: Individualism and Democratic Culture

by Philip Kasinitz

Book Overview

Since 1965, West Indians have been emigrating to the United States in record numbers, and to New York City in particular. Caribbean New York shows how the new immigration is reshaping American race relations and sheds much-needed light on factors that underlie some of the city's explosive racial confrontations. Philip Kasinitz examines how two forces--racial solidarity and ethnic distinctiveness--have helped to shape the identity of New York's West...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801499518
• ISBN13: 9780801499517
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher