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Haitian Immigrants in Black America: A Sociological and Sociolinguistic Portrait » Read Now
by Fiore Zephir. 180 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

Written by a member of the Black Haitian community, this book brings to life the mechanisms that shape Haitian immigrant identity and underscores the complexity of such an identity. Zephir explains why Haitians define themselves as a distinct ethnic group and examines the various parameters of...
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Written by a member of the Black Haitian community, this book brings to life the mechanisms that shape Haitian immigrant identity and underscores the complexity of such an identity. Zephir explains why Haitians define themselves as a distinct ethnic group and examines the various parameters of Haitian ethnicity. Through hundreds of interviews, the author gathered the voices of Haitians as they speak, as they feel, and most importantly, how they experience America and its system of racial classification. This work is a description of the diversity of the Black population in America and an effort to dispel the myth of a monolithic minority or "sidestream" culture.
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Haitians: Migration and Diaspora (Chap. 8 "Haitian Americans") » Read Now
by Anthony V. Catanese. 143 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

Anthony V. Catanese is professor of economics at DePauw University.
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Haiti and Black Transnationalism: Remapping the Migrant Geography of Home to Harlem, in African American Review » Read Now
by John Lowney. 17 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...oppressed African Americans, Johnson appeals...ideals that link Haitian self-determination...Caribbeans and African Americans suggests why there...in the cause of Haitian...
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Refugees in America in the 1990s: A Reference Handbook (Chap. 8 "Haitians") » Read Now
by David W. Haines. 472 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

The best, most up-to-date introduction to refugees in late 20th-century America.
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Miami Now! Immigration, Ethnicity and Social Change (Chap. 4 "The Refugees Nobody Wants: Haitians in Miami") » Read Now
by Guillermo J. Grenier, Alex Stepick III. 224 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

The book illustrates the unparalled happenings in what is arguably the most internationalized American city.
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Nurturing Success: Successful Women of Color and Their Daughters (Chap. 2 "Haitian Americans") » Read Now
by Essie E. Lee. 293 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

Although interest in mother/daughter relationships has led to a plethora of books on the subject, these books all consider situations found in the mainstream white population. In this book, relationships between mothers and daughters from 13 ethnic groups, including Asian, Black, Latino, and Native...
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Although interest in mother/daughter relationships has led to a plethora of books on the subject, these books all consider situations found in the mainstream white population. In this book, relationships between mothers and daughters from 13 ethnic groups, including Asian, Black, Latino, and Native American, are explored. The voices of 17 highly successful mothers, in different stages of their life, and their 19 daughters are heard. The reader will learn of their values, intergenerational relationships, and the mother's influence as a role model. The research that confirms their personal stories and validates their life stories is discussed. The book provides valuable insight into the issues facing minority women in the United States.
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Cultures of Color in America: A Guide to Family, Religion, and Health (Chap. 5 "Haitian Americans") » Read Now
by Sybil M. Lassiter. 207 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

By the year 2000, more than one-third of Americans will be persons of color, and by 2050 non-white persons will constitute 45% of the population. Immigration from European countries has decreased, but the number of migrants from countries of non-white ancestry has increased. Consequently, many...
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By the year 2000, more than one-third of Americans will be persons of color, and by 2050 non-white persons will constitute 45% of the population. Immigration from European countries has decreased, but the number of migrants from countries of non-white ancestry has increased. Consequently, many Americans are showing a growing interest in knowledge about the values and behaviors of their diverse associates. This book offers an insight into the diverse lifestyles for some cultures of color in American society. Although all members of these cultures may not identify themselves as persons of color, the cultures were selected because they incorporate a significant number of non-white individuals.
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Multicultural Clients: A Professional Handbook for Health Care Providers and Social Workers (Chap. 8 "Haitian Americans") » Read Now
by Sybil M. Lassiter. 206 pgs.

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A professor of nursing, whose expertise is in multicultural health care and social services, describes the basic attitudes and beliefs of 15 important ethnic and religious groups in America and shows how these traits can affect behavior during illness or during social work interventions. Sensitive...
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A professor of nursing, whose expertise is in multicultural health care and social services, describes the basic attitudes and beliefs of 15 important ethnic and religious groups in America and shows how these traits can affect behavior during illness or during social work interventions. Sensitive to problems of stereotyping, each chapter on an immigrant group describes its homeland and population in the United States, its modes of communication, its socioeconomic status, chief of complaints, traditional family system, religious beliefs, views toward the elderly, child-rearing practices, culturally based health beliefs and practices, dietary patterns, characteristics relating to morbidity and mortality, beliefs about death and dying, physical assessment, and sources for further readings.
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Haitian Americans: Implications for Nursing Care, in Journal of Community Health Nursing » Read Now
by Lygia O. Holcomb, Lynn C. Parsons, Joyce Newman Giger, Ruth Davidhizar. 12 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...Haitian Americans: Implications for Nursing Care...system in the United States by some Haitian Americans. ____________________ Requests...the country they reside in, most...
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Re-Reading Citizenship and the Transnational Practices of Immigrants, in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies » Read Now
by Micheline Labelle, Franklin Midy. 19 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library