Nancy Foner and Roger Waldinger
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199778386
- eISBN:
- 9780199332588
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199778386.003.0012
- Subject:
- Sociology, Urban and Rural Studies
This chapter first discusses the differences between Los Angeles and New York in the origins and characteristics of the immigrants who have moved there, their immigrant histories, and their economic, ...
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This chapter first discusses the differences between Los Angeles and New York in the origins and characteristics of the immigrants who have moved there, their immigrant histories, and their economic, social, and political institutions, which have a wide-ranging effect on the foreign-born. It then considers the surprising degree of convergence between New York and Los Angeles as immigrant centers, which has become more prominent since 2000, particularly when the two metropolitan areas are compared rather than simply focusing on the two major cities within them. This is the case, not only in terms of characteristics of the two regions' immigrant populations, but also relating to features of the regions' social and political contexts and responses to newcomers. This convergence, to a large degree, is due to the declining impact of geography and history.Less
This chapter first discusses the differences between Los Angeles and New York in the origins and characteristics of the immigrants who have moved there, their immigrant histories, and their economic, social, and political institutions, which have a wide-ranging effect on the foreign-born. It then considers the surprising degree of convergence between New York and Los Angeles as immigrant centers, which has become more prominent since 2000, particularly when the two metropolitan areas are compared rather than simply focusing on the two major cities within them. This is the case, not only in terms of characteristics of the two regions' immigrant populations, but also relating to features of the regions' social and political contexts and responses to newcomers. This convergence, to a large degree, is due to the declining impact of geography and history.
John Mollenkopf and Manuel Pastor
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781501702662
- eISBN:
- 9781501703959
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501702662.003.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
This chapter briefly explores the geographic (and temporal) diversity in attitudes toward immigrants within American states and localities. While the federal government has the formal responsibility ...
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This chapter briefly explores the geographic (and temporal) diversity in attitudes toward immigrants within American states and localities. While the federal government has the formal responsibility for determining how many immigrants come into the country and for preventing those who lack permission from entering, it falls to local and regional jurisdictions to frame the living experience of immigrants. In this context, local and regional coalitions of civil leaders set the political tone for whether localities welcome new immigrant populations or resist their presence. Thus the chapter presents the scope, methodology, and thematic elements underlying the different studies undertaken in this volume.Less
This chapter briefly explores the geographic (and temporal) diversity in attitudes toward immigrants within American states and localities. While the federal government has the formal responsibility for determining how many immigrants come into the country and for preventing those who lack permission from entering, it falls to local and regional jurisdictions to frame the living experience of immigrants. In this context, local and regional coalitions of civil leaders set the political tone for whether localities welcome new immigrant populations or resist their presence. Thus the chapter presents the scope, methodology, and thematic elements underlying the different studies undertaken in this volume.
Nancy Foner, Jan Rath, Jan Willem Duyvendak, and Rogier van Reekum (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814738092
- eISBN:
- 9780814738221
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814738092.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Culture
Immigration is dramatically changing major cities throughout the world. Nowhere is this more so than in New York City and Amsterdam, which, after decades of large-scale immigration, now have ...
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Immigration is dramatically changing major cities throughout the world. Nowhere is this more so than in New York City and Amsterdam, which, after decades of large-scale immigration, now have populations that are more than a third foreign-born. These cities have had to deal with the challenge of incorporating hundreds of thousands of immigrants whose cultures, languages, religions, and racial backgrounds differ dramatically from those of many long-established residents. This book examines and compares the impact of immigration on two of the world's largest urban centers. The book discusses how immigration has affected social, political, and economic structures, cultural patterns, and intergroup relations in the two cities, investigating how the particular, and changing, urban contexts of New York City and Amsterdam have shaped immigrant and second-generation experiences. Despite many parallels between New York and Amsterdam, the differences stand out, juxtaposing chapters on immigration in the two cities helps to illuminate the essential issues that today's immigrants and their children confront. Organized around five main themes, the book offers an in-depth view of the impact of immigration as it affects particular places, with specific histories, institutions, and immigrant populations. It contributes to our broader understanding of the transformations wrought by immigration and the dynamics of urban change, providing new insights into how—and why— immigration's effects differ on the two sides of the Atlantic.Less
Immigration is dramatically changing major cities throughout the world. Nowhere is this more so than in New York City and Amsterdam, which, after decades of large-scale immigration, now have populations that are more than a third foreign-born. These cities have had to deal with the challenge of incorporating hundreds of thousands of immigrants whose cultures, languages, religions, and racial backgrounds differ dramatically from those of many long-established residents. This book examines and compares the impact of immigration on two of the world's largest urban centers. The book discusses how immigration has affected social, political, and economic structures, cultural patterns, and intergroup relations in the two cities, investigating how the particular, and changing, urban contexts of New York City and Amsterdam have shaped immigrant and second-generation experiences. Despite many parallels between New York and Amsterdam, the differences stand out, juxtaposing chapters on immigration in the two cities helps to illuminate the essential issues that today's immigrants and their children confront. Organized around five main themes, the book offers an in-depth view of the impact of immigration as it affects particular places, with specific histories, institutions, and immigrant populations. It contributes to our broader understanding of the transformations wrought by immigration and the dynamics of urban change, providing new insights into how—and why— immigration's effects differ on the two sides of the Atlantic.
Paul Schor
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- July 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780199917853
- eISBN:
- 9780190670856
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199917853.003.0018
- Subject:
- History, American History: 19th Century, American History: 20th Century
This chapter discusses changes in the categories of ethnicity and immigration in the US census. From the beginning of the twentieth century to the 1930s, statistics on immigration and ethnicity took ...
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This chapter discusses changes in the categories of ethnicity and immigration in the US census. From the beginning of the twentieth century to the 1930s, statistics on immigration and ethnicity took first place in schedules, published reports, and public policy. Not only did census figures establish immigration quotas, but census statisticians, with their methods and their culture, constructed the mechanism for exclusion by national origin. However, after 1928 there was a retreat from measuring ethnicity, which became evident in the 1930 and 1940 censuses by a marked lack of interest in questions of place of birth, mother tongue, and degree of assimilation. The history of the categories that made it possible to measure ethnicity is a complex one, involving three main groups of actors: advocates of immigration restriction, representatives of immigrant populations, and Census Bureau statisticians, with each group attempting to respond to contradictory demands and to defend their own interests.Less
This chapter discusses changes in the categories of ethnicity and immigration in the US census. From the beginning of the twentieth century to the 1930s, statistics on immigration and ethnicity took first place in schedules, published reports, and public policy. Not only did census figures establish immigration quotas, but census statisticians, with their methods and their culture, constructed the mechanism for exclusion by national origin. However, after 1928 there was a retreat from measuring ethnicity, which became evident in the 1930 and 1940 censuses by a marked lack of interest in questions of place of birth, mother tongue, and degree of assimilation. The history of the categories that made it possible to measure ethnicity is a complex one, involving three main groups of actors: advocates of immigration restriction, representatives of immigrant populations, and Census Bureau statisticians, with each group attempting to respond to contradictory demands and to defend their own interests.
Ida Van Etten
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814757437
- eISBN:
- 9780814763469
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814757437.003.0027
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
This chapter extols the attributes of immigrant—and Russian, in particular—Jews and seeks to debunk common impressions of these Jews as dirty, unable to speak the English language, and living closely ...
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This chapter extols the attributes of immigrant—and Russian, in particular—Jews and seeks to debunk common impressions of these Jews as dirty, unable to speak the English language, and living closely crowded in unwholesome, ill-smelling tenement quarters, therefore forming an objectionable appearance as the dregs of the population. It argues that it is not the condition in which the immigrant comes that determines their usefulness, but the power that they show in rising above their condition. The Russian Jew thus possesses the strength of character necessary for this undertaking, especially when considering how many of them had escaped oppression prior to entering the United States. Furthermore, these immigrant Jews are socially minded and temperate, favoring their coffee-houses over the taverns often frequented by other immigrant populations.Less
This chapter extols the attributes of immigrant—and Russian, in particular—Jews and seeks to debunk common impressions of these Jews as dirty, unable to speak the English language, and living closely crowded in unwholesome, ill-smelling tenement quarters, therefore forming an objectionable appearance as the dregs of the population. It argues that it is not the condition in which the immigrant comes that determines their usefulness, but the power that they show in rising above their condition. The Russian Jew thus possesses the strength of character necessary for this undertaking, especially when considering how many of them had escaped oppression prior to entering the United States. Furthermore, these immigrant Jews are socially minded and temperate, favoring their coffee-houses over the taverns often frequented by other immigrant populations.
Samuel K. Byrd
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781479859405
- eISBN:
- 9781479876426
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9781479859405.003.0002
- Subject:
- Anthropology, American and Canadian Cultural Anthropology
This chapter introduces Charlotte, North Carolina, as a city and a place where Latina/o immigrants have settled. Starting with recent studies that position Charlotte as a “globalizing city” in a ...
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This chapter introduces Charlotte, North Carolina, as a city and a place where Latina/o immigrants have settled. Starting with recent studies that position Charlotte as a “globalizing city” in a region (the U.S. South) experiencing globalization, it presents a brief labor history of the city and region and then focuses on the Central Avenue corridor, a thoroughfare that passes through several Latino neighborhoods and a place of concentrated ethnic businesses, including music venues. The contemporary southern U.S. city must be understood in terms of struggles over immigration and the “right to the city” that have come to the forefront of current politics, the vulnerability of immigrant populations within this setting, and the momentous economic shifts that have occurred over the past decades resulting in Charlotte's rise as a center of financial industry.Less
This chapter introduces Charlotte, North Carolina, as a city and a place where Latina/o immigrants have settled. Starting with recent studies that position Charlotte as a “globalizing city” in a region (the U.S. South) experiencing globalization, it presents a brief labor history of the city and region and then focuses on the Central Avenue corridor, a thoroughfare that passes through several Latino neighborhoods and a place of concentrated ethnic businesses, including music venues. The contemporary southern U.S. city must be understood in terms of struggles over immigration and the “right to the city” that have come to the forefront of current politics, the vulnerability of immigrant populations within this setting, and the momentous economic shifts that have occurred over the past decades resulting in Charlotte's rise as a center of financial industry.
Michael D. Pierson
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- July 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807832288
- eISBN:
- 9781469606187
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/9780807887028_pierson
- Subject:
- History, American History: Civil War
New Orleans was the largest city—and one of the richest—in the Confederacy, protected in part by Fort Jackson, which was just sixty-five miles down the Mississippi River. On April 27, 1862, ...
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New Orleans was the largest city—and one of the richest—in the Confederacy, protected in part by Fort Jackson, which was just sixty-five miles down the Mississippi River. On April 27, 1862, Confederate soldiers at Fort Jackson rose up in mutiny against their commanding officers. New Orleans fell to Union forces soon thereafter. Although the Fort Jackson mutiny marked a critical turning point in the Union's campaign to regain control of this vital Confederate financial and industrial center, it has received surprisingly little attention from historians. This book examines newly uncovered archival sources to determine why the soldiers rebelled at such a decisive moment. The mutineers were soldiers primarily recruited from New Orleans's large German and Irish immigrant populations. The book shows that the new nation had done nothing to encourage poor white men to feel they had a place of honor in the southern republic and argues that the mutineers actively sought to help the Union cause. In a major reassessment of the Union administration of New Orleans that followed, it demonstrates that Benjamin “Beast” Butler enjoyed the support of many white Unionists in the city. The book adds an urban working-class element to debates over the effects of white Unionists in Confederate states.Less
New Orleans was the largest city—and one of the richest—in the Confederacy, protected in part by Fort Jackson, which was just sixty-five miles down the Mississippi River. On April 27, 1862, Confederate soldiers at Fort Jackson rose up in mutiny against their commanding officers. New Orleans fell to Union forces soon thereafter. Although the Fort Jackson mutiny marked a critical turning point in the Union's campaign to regain control of this vital Confederate financial and industrial center, it has received surprisingly little attention from historians. This book examines newly uncovered archival sources to determine why the soldiers rebelled at such a decisive moment. The mutineers were soldiers primarily recruited from New Orleans's large German and Irish immigrant populations. The book shows that the new nation had done nothing to encourage poor white men to feel they had a place of honor in the southern republic and argues that the mutineers actively sought to help the Union cause. In a major reassessment of the Union administration of New Orleans that followed, it demonstrates that Benjamin “Beast” Butler enjoyed the support of many white Unionists in the city. The book adds an urban working-class element to debates over the effects of white Unionists in Confederate states.
Patricia Fernández-Kelly
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- October 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199977260
- eISBN:
- 9780190255251
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199977260.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
This chapter asks readers to step back from the contemporary era to survey the longer arc of American legislative and economic history over the last 150 years that has worked on the one hand to ...
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This chapter asks readers to step back from the contemporary era to survey the longer arc of American legislative and economic history over the last 150 years that has worked on the one hand to improve the social mobility of mostly working-class and immigrant populations through the acquisition of property and on the other to actively bar racial minorities, African Americans in particular, from the means of securing advancement through property. The result, the chapter suggests, has been a divided nation where a large number of blacks still struggle with the effects of intergenerational dispossession.Less
This chapter asks readers to step back from the contemporary era to survey the longer arc of American legislative and economic history over the last 150 years that has worked on the one hand to improve the social mobility of mostly working-class and immigrant populations through the acquisition of property and on the other to actively bar racial minorities, African Americans in particular, from the means of securing advancement through property. The result, the chapter suggests, has been a divided nation where a large number of blacks still struggle with the effects of intergenerational dispossession.
Kieran Quinlan
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- March 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781617037986
- eISBN:
- 9781621039525
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781617037986.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, American History: 19th Century
This chapter discusses the complexity of the immigrant population from Ireland in terms of denominational affiliation and social status and calls for reconsideration of the Irish (mainly Catholics ...
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This chapter discusses the complexity of the immigrant population from Ireland in terms of denominational affiliation and social status and calls for reconsideration of the Irish (mainly Catholics from the “south” of Ireland) and Scotch-Irish (mainly Ulster Protestants of Scottish ancestry) distinction. Since this was a distinction that originated within Ireland itself, its replication in the southern colonies and states ought to have been no surprise at all and to have made the need for comparison and contrast between Ireland and the American South all the more obviously a subject for scholarly investigation.Less
This chapter discusses the complexity of the immigrant population from Ireland in terms of denominational affiliation and social status and calls for reconsideration of the Irish (mainly Catholics from the “south” of Ireland) and Scotch-Irish (mainly Ulster Protestants of Scottish ancestry) distinction. Since this was a distinction that originated within Ireland itself, its replication in the southern colonies and states ought to have been no surprise at all and to have made the need for comparison and contrast between Ireland and the American South all the more obviously a subject for scholarly investigation.
Thomas M. Holbrook
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780190269128
- eISBN:
- 9780190632809
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190269128.003.0003
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics, Democratization
This chapter takes a close look at how migration patterns alter the political landscape of states, in part by influencing changes in state population characteristics. The migration analysis addresses ...
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This chapter takes a close look at how migration patterns alter the political landscape of states, in part by influencing changes in state population characteristics. The migration analysis addresses the effects of both internal (state-to-state) and external (foreign) migration. It shows that population migration is a potentially important source of demographic and political change in the states. But not all states are affected equally by migration, with some state experiencing higher levels of migration compared to others. The source of migration streams is also as important as the volume of migration. Separating the foreign-born population from internal migrants, for instance, shows that states with a high level of foreign-born population are almost uniformly states that also have large increases in support for Democratic presidential candidates. In addition, states with a large number of internal migrants from liberal (conservative) states tend to move in a Democratic (Republican) direction.Less
This chapter takes a close look at how migration patterns alter the political landscape of states, in part by influencing changes in state population characteristics. The migration analysis addresses the effects of both internal (state-to-state) and external (foreign) migration. It shows that population migration is a potentially important source of demographic and political change in the states. But not all states are affected equally by migration, with some state experiencing higher levels of migration compared to others. The source of migration streams is also as important as the volume of migration. Separating the foreign-born population from internal migrants, for instance, shows that states with a high level of foreign-born population are almost uniformly states that also have large increases in support for Democratic presidential candidates. In addition, states with a large number of internal migrants from liberal (conservative) states tend to move in a Democratic (Republican) direction.
