Narrow your search

Library

UGent (2)

LUCA School of Arts (1)

National Bank of Belgium (1)

Odisee (1)

Thomas More Kempen (1)

Thomas More Mechelen (1)

UAntwerpen (1)

UCLL (1)

ULB (1)

VIVES (1)

More...

Resource type

book (3)


Language

English (3)


Year
From To Submit

2006 (3)

Listing 1 - 3 of 3
Sort by
Housing Divide : How Generations of Immigrants Fare in New York's Housing Market
Authors: ---
ISBN: 9780814775905 081477590X 1479847410 0814729185 1435607465 Year: 2006 Publisher: : NYU Press,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

The Housing Divide examines the generational patterns in New York City's housing market and neighborhoods along the lines of race and ethnicity. The book provides an in-depth analysis of many immigrant groups in New York, especially providing an understanding of the opportunities and discriminatory practices at work from one generation to the next. Through a careful read of such factors as home ownership, housing quality, and neighborhood rates of crime, welfare enrollment, teenage pregnancy, and educational achievement, Emily Rosenbaum and Samantha Friedman provide a detailed portrait of nei

Little India
Author:
ISBN: 0520939964 9786612358586 1282358588 143370000X 9780520939967 9780520248809 0520248805 9781433700002 9780520248793 0520248791 6612358580 9781282358584 Year: 2006 Publisher: University of California Press Berkeley

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Little India is a rich historical and ethnographic examination of a fascinating example of linguistic plurality on the island of Mauritius, where more than two-thirds of the population is of Indian ancestry. Patrick Eisenlohr's groundbreaking study focuses on the formation of diaspora as mediated through the cultural phenomenon of Indian ancestral languages-principally Hindi, which is used primarily in religious contexts. Eisenlohr emphasizes the variety of cultural practices that construct and transform boundaries in communities in diaspora and illustrates different modes of experiencing the temporal relationships between diaspora and homeland.

Listing 1 - 3 of 3
Sort by