Punjabi Immigrant Mobility In the United States

Adaptation Through Race and Class
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-349-44128-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 293 g

How did so many Punjabi immigrants come to find themselves behind the wheels of so many New York City taxi cabs, and what do their stories have to teach us about how immigrants must navigate life in a new society? Diditi Mitra analyzes how race and class influence settlement patterns in the United States, based on her extensive interviews with 59 Punjabi taxi drivers, organizers of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, laywers who represent drivers in taxi courts, owners of taxi fleets, and an official of the New York Taxi and Limousine Commission. What emerges is an unprecedented exploration into how society shapes the 'choices' made by immigrants as they adapt to America.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mitra, Diditi

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Negotiating the State: Hoping to Belong Looking for work: Punjabi Choices and Punjabi Options On the Wheels of Race and Class Managing Subordination, Becoming Americans Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

DIDITI MITRA PhD is Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology/Anthropology at Brookdale Community College, USA.