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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. New York and Amsterdam brings together
a distinguished and interdisciplinary group of American and Dutch
scholars to examine and compare the impact of immigration on two of
the world's largest urban centers. The original essays in this
volume discuss 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, and juxtaposing
essays 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, this book offers an
in-depth view of the impact of immigration as it affects particular
places, with specific histories, institutions, and immigrant
populations. New York and Amsterdam profoundly 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.
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. New York and Amsterdam brings together
a distinguished and interdisciplinary group of American and Dutch
scholars to examine and compare the impact of immigration on two of
the world's largest urban centers. The original essays in this
volume discuss 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, and juxtaposing
essays 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, this book offers an
in-depth view of the impact of immigration as it affects particular
places, with specific histories, institutions, and immigrant
populations. New York and Amsterdam profoundly 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.
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