Making New York Dominican: Small Business, Politics, and Everyday Life

by Christian Krohn-Hansen

Large-scale emigration from the Dominican Republic began in the early 1960s, with most Dominicans settling in New York City. Since then the growth of the city's Dominican population has been staggering, now accounting for around 7 percent of the total populace. How have Dominicans influenced New York City? And, conversely, how has the move to New York affected their lives? In Making New York Dominican, Christian Krohn-Hansen considers these...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812244613
• ISBN13: 9780812244618
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"