Overview

Caribbean immigrants have now become part of the social landscape of many American cities. Few studies, however, have treated in detail the process of their integration in American society. American Odyssey assesses the development and adaptation, in both human and socio-economic terms, of the Haitian immigrant community in three boroughs of New York City.An informed and well-rounded portrayal of a Caribbean community in New York, this book offers a fresh theoretical view of the structuring of urban ethnicity and provides the ethnographic background essential to understanding the problems of the Haitian population in the United States.

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This is the most comprehensive study of the Haitian experience in the United States to date.... Laguerre may don the title of 'dean' of Haitianology in North America, a source of pride for the anthropological profession. * American Anthropologist *

This is the most comprehensive study of the Haitian experience in the United States to date.... Laguerre may don the title of 'dean' of Haitianology in North America, a source of pride for the anthropological profession. * American Anthropologist *

This is the most comprehensive study of the Haitian experience in the United States to date.... Laguerre may don the title of 'dean' of Haitianology in North America, a source of pride for the anthropological profession. (American Anthropologist)

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Michael S. Laguerre is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Senior Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Social Change, at the University of California at Berkeley.

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