The African Diaspora in the United States and Canada at the Dawn of the 21st Century.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (387 pages)
Intro -- The African Diaspora in the United States and Canada at the Dawn of the 21st Century -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Section 1: An Introduction -- Chapter 1. An Introduction to the African Diasporain the United States and Canada at the Dawn of the 21st Century -- Section 2: Perspectives on the African Diaspora in Canada -- Chapter 2. The African Diaspora in Canada -- Chapter 3. The African Diaspora in Montréal and Halifax A Comparative Overview of "the Entangled Burdens of Race, Class, and Space" -- Chapter 4. The African Diaspora: Historical and Contemporary Immigration and Employment Practices in Toronto -- Chapter 5. Housing Experiences of New African Immigrants and Refugees in Toronto -- Chapter 6. Race, Place, and Social Mobility of Jamaicans in Toronto -- Section 3: Perspectives on the U.S. African Diaspora -- Chapter 7. A Perspective of the African Diaspora in the United States -- Theme 1: Persistence of Inequalities -- Chapter 8. Austin: A City Divided -- Chapter 9. The African Diaspora in a Changing Metropolitan Region: The Case of Atlanta, Georgia -- Chapter 10. Geographic Racial Equality in America's Most Segregated Metropolitan Area-Detroit -- Chapter 11. Place, Race and Displacement Following Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans -- Chapter 12. Black New York City Out-Migrants, 1995-2000:Opportunity and Destination Choice -- Theme 2: Perspectives on Recent Black Immigrants -- Chapter 13. Deconstructing the Black Populations of New York City and Miami-Dade County -- Chapter 14. Jamaicans in Broward County, Florida -- Chapter 15. Africans in Washington, DC: Ethiopian Ethnic Institutions and Immigrant Adjustment -- Chapter 16. Somalis in Maine -- Chapter 18. Globalization and Ghanaian Immigrant Trajectories to Cincinnati: Who Benefits? -- Chapter 19. Ethnic Small-Business Relocations: A Case Study in the Bronx, NY, 2007. Section 4: Summary and Conclusions -- Chapter 20. The African Diaspora in the United States and Canada at the Dawn of the 21st Century: Themes and Concluding Perspectives -- Works Cited -- About the Authors.
Offers important new perspectives on the African Diaspora in North America.