In certain neighborhoods of New York City, an immigrant may live
out his or her entire life without even becoming fluent in English.
From the Russians of Brooklyn's Brighton Beach to the Dominicans of
Manhattan's Washington Heights, New York is arguably the most
ethnically diverse city in the world. Yet no wide-ranging ethnic
history of the city has ever been attempted.
In "All the Nations Under Heaven," Frederick Binder and David
Reimers trace the shifting tides of New York's ethnic past, from
its beginnings as a Dutch trading outpost to the present age where
Third World immigration has given the population a truly global
character. "All the Nations Under Heaven" explores the processes of
cultural adaptation to life in New York, giving a lively account of
immigrants new and old, and of the streets and neighborhoods they
claimed and transformed.
"All the Nations Under Heaven" provides a comprehensive look at
the unique cultural identities that have wrought changes on the
city over nearly four centuries since Europeans first landed on the
Atlantic shore. While detailing the various efforts to retain a
cultural heritage, the book also looks at how ethnic and racial
groups have interacted -- and clashed -- over the years.
From the influx of Irish and Germans in the nineteenth century
to the recent arrival of Caribbean and Asian ethnic groups in large
numbers, "All the Nations Under Heaven" explores the social,
cultural, political, and economic lives of immigrants as they
sought to form their own communities and struggled to define their
identities within the grwonig heterogeneity of New York. In this
timely, provocative book, Binder and Reimers offer insight into the
cultural mosaic of New York at the turn of the millennium, where
despite a civic pride that emphasizes the goals of diversity and
tolerance, racial and ethnic conflict continue to shatter visions
of peaceful coexistence.
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