" ... To do credit to my nation, wherever I go" : West Indian and Cape Verdean immigrants in Southeastern New England, 1890-1940
This work is a community study that centers the experiences of black immigrants as an overlapping diaspora in multi-ethnic and transnational African-American history. It argues that, through the operationalization of their familial networks, ethnic organizations, and neighborhood enclaves, black immigrants in New England depart from traditional histories of assimilation and acculturation. Though much scholarship has been dedicated to the politically charged organizations and black immigrant participation in New York, this microhistory of Southeastern New England's port cities -- Providence and New Bedford--demonstrates the commonplace, quotidian lives of West Indians and Cape Verdeans as neighbors, friends, and relatives who experienced and adapted to their diaspora condition differently. While West Indians altered their community landscape and eventually assimilated into the African-American community, Cape Verdeans retained a Cape Verdean ethnic identity, bolstered by their transnational shipping fleet and the constant flow of people, goods, and ideas from the homeland.
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- In Copyright
- Material Type
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Theses
- Authors
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Edwards, Janelle Marlena
- Thesis Advisors
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Chambers, Glenn A.
- Committee Members
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Dagbovie, Pero G.
Harris, LaShawn D.
Hawthorne, Walter
- Date
- 2018
- Subjects
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Emigration and immigration
Cabo Verdeans
African diaspora
History
West Indians
West Indies
New England
Cabo Verde
- Program of Study
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African American and African Studies - Doctor of Philosophy
- Degree Level
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Doctoral
- Language
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English
- Pages
- ix, 276 pages
- ISBN
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9780438340237
043834023X