In this comprehensive comparative study; Jorge Duany explores how migrants to the United States from Cuba; the Dominican Republic; and Puerto Rico maintain multiple ties to their countries of origin. Chronicling these diasporas from the end of World War II to the present; Duany argues that each sending country's relationship to the United States shapes the transnational experience for each migrant group; from legal status and migratory patterns to work activities and the connections migrants retain with their home countries. Blending extensive ethnographic; archival; and survey research; Duany proposes that contemporary migration challenges the traditional concept of the nation-state. Increasing numbers of immigrants and their descendants lead what Duany calls "bifocal" lives; bridging two or more states; markets; languages; and cultures throughout their lives. Even as nations attempt to draw their boundaries more clearly; the ceaseless movement of transnational migrants; Duany argues; requires the rethinking of conventional equations between birthplace and residence; identity and citizenship; borders and boundaries.
#197427 in Books The University of North Carolina Press 2007-05-28 2007-05-28Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.25 x 1.08 x 6.13l; 1.49 #File Name: 0807858021432 pages
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Looked so long for a book like this.By komboaI moved to Memphis in 2010; and although there had been a civil rights movement; did not know much generally about the social history of the city.. This book helped a great deal in understanding the racism; oppression; and struggle by Black people for civil and human rights starting in the 1940's and coming forward. I actually like the fact that it did not get hung up with Dr. M.L. King's outsized personality and fatal visit to the city in 1968; in favor of Black social movements before and after it. As social history of Memphis; TN.;. I like the book; it is one of a kind.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A mandatory and excellent read!By Eugenie BaranoffThis book should be mandatory reading for every high school student in the USA. The writer is scholarly; insightful and unflinching.1 of 3 people found the following review helpful. battling the plantation mentalityBy John A. SalmondOne of the best studies of the civil rights movement at a local level. Most engagingly argued.
