| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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| Title Information: |
immigrant communities old and new |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
OsirimMary Johnson, |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
TakenakaAyumi, |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
| Place of Publication: |
Philadelphia |
| Published: |
Temple University Press; |
| Year of Publication: |
2010 |
| Description: |
1 online resource (x, 310 p.)ill., maps. : |
| Series: |
Philadelphia voices, Philadelphia visions |
| Subject: |
Transnationalism - |
| Subject: |
Ethnicity - Pennsylvania - |
| Subject: |
Community life - Pennsylvania - |
| Subject: |
Minorities - Social conditions - Pennsylvania - |
| Subject: |
Immigrants - Social conditions - Pennsylvania - |
| Subject: |
Minorities - History - Pennsylvania - |
| Subject: |
Immigrants - History - Pennsylvania - |
| Subject: |
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Social conditions - |
| Subject: |
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Emigration and immigration - |
| Subject: |
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Ethnic relations - |
| Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781439900147/ |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: |
9781439900147electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9781439900123hbk. |
| ISBN: |
9781439900130pbk. |
| Content Note: |
Philadelphia's immigrant communities in historical perspective / Ayumi Takenaka and Mary Johnson Osirim -- pt. 1. Community formation and intra (and inter-) ethnic relations -- 125 years of building Jewish immigrant communities in Philadelphia / Rakhmiel Peltz -- Mapping memories in stone : Italians and the transformation of a Philadelphia landscape / Joan Saverino -- From pan-Latino enclaves to a community : Puerto Ricans in Philadelphia, 1910-2005 / Victor Vazquez-Hernandez -- Opportunity, conflict, and communities in transition : historical and contemporary Chinese immigration to Philadelphia / Lena Sze -- pt. 2. Role of institutions -- German immigration to Philadelphia from the colonial periodthrough the early 20th century / Birte Pfleger -- Changes in the behavior of immigrants : the Irish in Philadelphia / Noel J.J. Farley and Philip L. Kilbride -- Mexican immigrants and health care services in Philadelphia / Jennifer Atlas -- pt. 3. Identity formation in a trans-nationalcontext -- Philadelphia's Haitian community : transnationalism and unity in the formation of identity / Garvey F. Lundy -- The new Africandiaspora : transnationalism and transformation in Philadelphia / Mary Johnson Osirim -- From Kerala to Philadelphia : the experiences of Malayalee, Hindu nurses in Philadelphia / Rasika Chakravarthy and Ajay Nair -- The other Asians in the other Philadelphia : understanding Cambodian experiences in neighborhoods, classrooms, and Workplaces / Ellen Skilton-Sylvester and Keo Chea |