Screen LibraryImmigrant crossroads : globalization, incorporation, and placemaking in Queens, New York /
"Analyzes contemporary urban immigration in the United States through the case study of Queens, New York. Questions taken up by the authors include: What does neighborhood change look like? What policies and practices facilitate or impede immigrant incorporation? What are the prospects for mult...
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Temple University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : |
| Publication Dates: | 2021. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Analyzes contemporary urban immigration in the United States through the case study of Queens, New York. Questions taken up by the authors include: What does neighborhood change look like? What policies and practices facilitate or impede immigrant incorporation? What are the prospects for multiracial democracy in the 21st century?" -- |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 376 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781439915943 1439915946 9781439915936 1439915938 |
| Index Number: | JV7050 |
| CLC: | D771.238 |
| Call Number: | D771.238/I333-11 |
| Contents: |
Preface / Introduction / The Queens economy, where global meets local / The restructuring of manufacturing in Queens & its impact on immigrant workers / Employee ownership as an immigrant workforce strategy Deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA), on reaching Queen's diverse and eligible immigrant populations Advocacy for immigrant health, language access in New York pharmacies -- The more things change.. machine politics in Queens -- The new machine, nonprofits and South Asian political incorporation / How would you spend a million dollars? Immigrant engagement in participatory budgeting / Place-making and public space in hyperdiverse Astoria / Flushing Meadows land grab, the battle for the heart of a borough / The politics of a "New Deal" for Roosevelt Avenue, business improvement district, placemaking, and community resistance / Coalition building in the making of the Haitian community in Queens, a case study of the Haitian American United for Progress (HAUP) / American Muslims, the Queens experience / |