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West Indian immigrants : a black success story? /

"West Indian Immigrants draws on four decades of national census data, surveys of Caribbean emigrants around the world, and historical records dating back to the emergence of the slave trade. Suzanne Model debunks the notion that growing up in an all-black society is an advantage by showing tha...

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Main Author: Model, Suzanne.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, ©2008.
Subjects and Genres:
West Indian Americans > Social conditions.
West Indian Americans > Economic conditions.
Black people > United States > Social conditions.
Black people > United States > Economic conditions.
Immigrants > United States > Social conditions.
Immigrants > United States > Economic conditions.
Success > United States.
Américains d'origine antillaise > Conditions sociales.
Américains d'origine antillaise > Conditions économiques.
Succès > États-Unis.
Black people > Economic conditions.
Black people > Social conditions.
Immigrants > Economic conditions.
Immigrants > Social conditions.
Race relations.
Success.
Erfolg
Einwanderung
Soziale Situation
Wirtschaftliche Lage
Migrants.
Blacks.
Socio-economical situation.
West Indians.
United States.
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
Westinder.
Schwarze.
USA.
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Table of Contents:
  • Map of the Caribbean
  • ix
  • Acknowledgments: Intellectual Debts and Personal Debts
  • xi
  • 1
  • Why Study West Indians?
  • 1
  • 2
  • Documenting the Difference Between West Indians and African Americans
  • 12
  • 3
  • Three Explanations for the Difference Between West Indians and African Americans
  • 49
  • 4
  • Testing the Hypothesis of Selectivity
  • 71
  • 5
  • Testing Cultural Hypotheses
  • 89
  • 6
  • Testing the White Favoritism Hypothesis
  • 116
  • 7
  • An Immigrant Success Story
  • 143.
  • Map of the Caribbean
  • Acknowledgments: Intellectual Debts and Personal Debts
  • 1.
  • Why Study West Indians?
  • 2.
  • Documenting the Difference Between West Indians and African Americans
  • 3.
  • Three Explanations for the Difference Between West Indians and African Americans
  • 4.
  • Testing the Hypothesis of Selectivity
  • 5.
  • Testing Cultural Hypotheses
  • 6.
  • Testing the White Favoritism Hypothesis
  • 7.
  • An Immigrant Success Story.

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