International Express : New Yorkers on the 7 Train.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (312 pages)
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Becoming New Yorkers on the 7 Train -- 2. Coping with Diversity Aboard the "International Express" -- 3. Walking to the Stations, Code Switching, and the I-We-You Shift -- 4. The 74th Street/Roosevelt Avenue Station: Universalism, Differentiation, and Discrimination -- 5. Trust in the Subway: Exploring the Situational Community in Transit -- 6. Gender Relations on the Subway -- 7. Teenagers on the 7 Train -- 8. Subway City: The 7 Train as an Engine of Urbanism -- 9. A World of Subway Citizens -- Appendix: Mixed Methods in Subway Research -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
How the New York City subway helps new immigrants assimilate.
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Multiculturalism-New York (State)-New York. Subways-Social aspects-New York (State)-New York. Ethnic groups-New York (State)-New York. Immigrants-Cultural assimilation-New York (State)-New York.