The African Diaspora in the United States and Canada at the Dawn of the 21st Century

John W. Frazier, Joe T. Darden, Norah F. Henry

Global Academic Publishing, Sep 1, 2010 - Social Science - 383 pages

Drawing on the work of social scientists from geographic, historical, sociological, and political science perspectives, this volume offers new perspectives on the African Diaspora in the United States and Canada. It has been approximately four centuries since the first Africans set foot in North America, and although it is impossible for any text to capture the complete Black experience on the continent, the persistent legacy of Black inequality and the winds of dramatic change are inseparable parts of the current African Diaspora experience. In addition to comparing and contrasting the experiences and geographic patterns of the African Diaspora in the United States and Canada, the book also explores important distinctions between the experiences of African Americans and those of more recent African and Afro-Caribbean immigrants.

Contents

• Chapter 1 An Introduction to the African Diasporain the United States and Canada at the Dawn of the 21st Century: 1
• Perspectives on the African Diaspora in Canada: 11
• Chapter 2 The African Diaspora in Canada: 13
• Chapter 3 The African Diaspora in Montréal and Halifax A Comparative Overview of the Entangled Burdens of Race Class and Space: 35
• Historical and Contemporary Immigration and Employment Practices in Toronto: 49
• Chapter 5 Housing Experiences of New African Immigrants and Refugees in Toronto: 61
• Chapter 6 Race Place and Social Mobility of Jamaicans in Toronto: 81
• Perspectives on the US African Diaspora: 91
• Chapter 7 A Perspective of the African Diaspora in the United States: 93
• Persistence of Inequalities: 107
• A City Divided: 109
• The Case of Atlanta Georgia: 123
• Chapter 10 Geographic Racial Equality in Americas Most Segregated Metropolitan AreaDetroit: 135
• Chapter 11 Place Race and Displacement Following Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans: 147
• Opportunity and Destination Choice: 161
• Perspectives on Recent Black Immigrants: 183
• Chapter 13 Deconstructing the Black Populations of New York City and MiamiDade County: 185
• Chapter 14 Jamaicans in Broward County Florida: 213
• Ethiopian Ethnic Institutions and Immigrant Adjustment: 243
• Chapter 16 Somalis in Maine: 257
• Who Benefits?: 287
• A Case Study in the Bronx NY 2007: 307
• Summary and Conclusions: 327
• Themes and Concluding Perspectives: 329
• Works Cited: 339
• About the Authors: 371

About the author

John W. Frazier is Professor of Geography at Binghamton University, State University of New York. He is the coeditor (with Eugene L. Tettey-Fio) of Race, Ethnicity, and Place in a Changing America, also published by SUNY Press. Joe T. Darden is Professor of Geography at Michigan State University. He is the coeditor (with Curtis Stokes and Richard W. Thomas) of The State of Black Michigan, 1967–2007. Norah F. Henry is Associate Professor of Geography at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The African Diaspora in the United States and Canada at the Dawn of the 21st Century; Global Academic Publishing Books; UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
• Editors: John W. Frazier, Joe T. Darden, Norah F. Henry
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Global Academic Publishing, 2010
• ISBN: 1438436858, 9781438436852
• Length: 383 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Black Studies (Global); Social Science / Demography; Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies