The West Indian Americans introduces students and other interested readers to the diversity and cultural individuality of a growing segment of the American immi

Henke clearly relates who the groups are - from the Jamaicans to the Garifuna - why they left their homelands, how they have adapted and impacted this country,

West Indian immigrants to the United States fare better than native-born African Americans on a wide array of economic measures, including labor force participa

"These superb essays illuminate the fascinating process of absorbing West Indian immigrants into New York City's multicultural but racially divided social fabri

In Pilgrims from the Sun, Ransford Palmer chronicles the migration of people from the English-speaking Caribbean to the United States, detailing the largely eco