Constructing Borders/Crossing Boundaries Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration

, by Brettell, Caroline B.; Byrd, Alexander X.; Feliciano, Cynthia; Fuentes, Norma; Hackshaw, Alana; Hernandez, David; Karim, Jamillah; Rose, Mariel; Shih, Johanna; Valdez, Zulema; Zeltzer-Zubida, Aviva

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ISBN: 9780739115695 | 0739115693
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 3/1/2007

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The essays in this volume tackle the construction and significance of race and ethnicity as boundary-making proccesses among diverse immigrant populations in the United States.

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Preface and Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction: Race, Ethnicity, and the Construction of Immigrant Identities	p. 1
Race and Ethnicity: Categories, Labels, and the Construction of Identity
Introduction to Part I	p. 27
Violence, Migration, and Becoming Igbo in Gustavus Vassa's Interesting Narrative	p. 31
Undue Process: Racial Genealogies of Immigrant Detention	p. 59
Race, Ethnicity, and Intergroup Relations
Introduction to Part II	p. 89
The Immigrant Experiences of Dominican and Mexican Women in the 1990s: Crossing Class, Racial, and Gender Boundaries or Temporary Work Spaces in New York City	p. 95
Ethnic Borders in American Muslim Communities	p. 121
Black Ethnicity and Racial Community: African-Americans and West Indian Immigrants in the United States	p. 149
Appalachian Mestizaje: Race and Latino Immigration in Western North Carolina	p. 185
Ethnicity as a Resource
Introduction to Part III	p. 213
Job-Hopping: Social Networks in the Global High-Tech Industry	p. 219
Beyond the Ethnic Enclave: The Effect of Ethnic Solidarity and Market Opportunity on White, Korean, Mexican, and Black Enterprise	p. 243
Separately Together: Co-Ethnic Employment among Second-Generation Immigrants in the Metropolitan New York Labor Market	p. 273
Immigrant Selectivity, Ethnic Capital, and the Reproduction of Educational Inequalities across Borders	p. 295
Index	p. 325
About the Editor and Contributors	p. 331
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Constructing Borders/Crossing Boundaries Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration

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