Caribbean Migration

<p>This anthology represents important and original directions in the study of Caribbean migration. It takes a comparative perspective on the Caribbean people's migratory experiences to North America, Europe, and within the Caribbean. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, the book discusses:<br> * the causes of migration<br> * the experiences of migrants<br> * the historical, cultural and political processes<br> * issues of gender and imperialism<br> * the methodology of migration studies, including oral history.</p> <p>Acknowledgements.<br> Introduction, <em>Mary Chamberlain</em><br> Part 1: Re-thinking Diaspora<br> Cultural Diaspora: the Caribbean Case, <em>Robin Cohen</em><br> Modes of Incorporation: Colonial Caribbean Migrants in Western Europe and the United States, <em>Ramon Grosfoguel<br> Towards a Comparative Perspective on Caribbean Migration, </em>ancy Foner<br> Part 2: Migration Narratives<br> Constructing Lives: Migration Narratives and Life Stories among Nevisians, <em>Karen Fog Olwig</em><br> Genres of Migration, <em>Selma Leydesdorff</em><br> Part 3: Ethnicity and Identity<br> The Legacy of Migration: Immigrant Mothers and Daughters and the Process of Intergenerational Transmission, <em>Helma Lutz</em><br> Constructions of Ethnicity in the Diaspora: the Case of Three Generations of Surinamese-Javanese women in the Netherlands, <em>Yvette Kopijn</em><br> Part 4: Family and Identity<br> The Delusive Continuities of the Dutch Caribbean Diaspora, <em>Gert Oostindie<br> Family and Identity: Barbadian Migrants to Britain, <em>Mary Chamberlain</em></em><br> Part 5: Caribbean Migration Cultures<br> Indians, Jamaicans and the Emergence of a Modern Migration Culture, <em>Verene A. Shepherd<br> Barbadian Migrants in the Putumayo District of the Amazon, 1904-1911, <em>Howard Johnson</em></em><br> Globalization and the Development of a Caribbean Migration Culture, <em>Elizabeth Thomas-Hope</em><br> Part 6: Gender, Socialisation and Survival in Caribbean Communities<br> Trends in Levels of Caribbean Segregation, Great Britain, 1961-1991, <em>Ceri Peach</em><br> Migration, Work and Gender: The Case of Post-war Labour Migration from the Caribbean to Britain, <em>Margaret Byron</em><br> Compromise and Coping Strategies: Gender Issues and Caribbean Migration to France, <em>Stephanie Condon</em><br> Strategies and Strategizing: The Struggle for Upward Mobility Among University Education Black Caribbean-born Men in Canada, <em>Dwaine Plaza</em></p>