Double Passage: The Lives of Caribbean Migrants Abroad and Back Home

by George Gmelch

Book Overview

Double Passage presents, in their own words, the lives and experiences of thirteen men and women from the island of Barbados who emigrated to North America and Britain and then years later returned home. They tell of their decisions to leave the familiarity and security of home for an uncertain future in cities of the industrial world; they explain what it is like to be black and immigrant in the predominantly white societies they settled in;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472064789
• ISBN13: 9780472064786
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Humane, readable.

Like all of Gmelch's books, this is well written in a non-academic accessible style. The book presents well-rounded and humane portraits of the complex lives of migrants, relating the Caribbean experience of movement to the sense of 'home' more effectively than most abstract discussions of transnationality. This would be an excellent choice for any introductory class on Caribbean culture.