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Book SynopsisA comprehensive analysis of the processes and consequences of immigration to Philadelphia over time
Trade Review"One highlight of the volume is the new and nuanced look at populations long associated with Philadelphia... Perhaps the most important contribution of Global Philadelphia is to map more recent--and still largely unstudied--immigrant flows." - Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
1. Philadelphia’s Immigrant Communities in Historical Perspective – Ayumi Takenaka and Mary Johnson Osirim
Part I. Community Formation and Intra- (and Inter-) Ethnic Relations
2. 125 Years of Building Jewish Immigrant Communities in Philadelphia – Rakhmiel Peltz
3. Mapping Memories in Stone: Italians and the Transformation of a Philadelphia Landscape – Joan Saverino
4. Pan-Latino Enclaves in Philadelphia and the Formation of the Puerto Rican Community – Victor Vazquez-Hernandez
5. Opportunity, Conflict, and Communities in Transition: Historical and Contemporary Chinese Immigration to Philadelphia – Lena Sze
Part II. The Role of Institutions
6. German Immigration to Philadelphia from the Colonial Period through the Twentieth Century – Birte Pfleger
7. Changes in the Behavior of Immigrants: The Irish in Philadelphia – Noel J. J. Farley and Philip L. Kilbride
8. Healthcare Access for Mexican Immigrants in South Philadelphia – Jennifer Atlas
Part III. Identity Formation in a Transnational Context
9. Philadelphia’s Haitian Community: Transnationalism and Unity in the Formation of Identity – Garvey F. Lundy
10. The New African Diaspora: Transnationalism and Transformation in Philadelphia – Mary Johnson Osirim
11. From Kerala to Philadelphia: The Experiences of Malayalee, Hindu Nurses in Philadelphia – Rasika Chakravarthy and Ajay Nair
12. The Other Asians in the Other Philadelphia: Understanding Cambodian Experiences in Neighborhoods, Classrooms, and Workplaces – Ellen Skilton-Sylvester and Keo Chea-Young
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