| Premigration Legacies and Immigrant Social Mobility: The Afro-Surinamese and Indo-Surinamese in the Netherlands Contributor(s): Niekerk, Mies Van (Author), Model, Suzanne (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0739104314 ISBN-13: 9780739104316 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Reference |
| Dewey: 305.891 |
| LCCN: 2002066880 |
| Series: Program in Migration and Refugee Studies |
| Physical Information: 308 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Premigration Legacies and Immigrant Social Mobility, anthropologist Mies van Niekerk examines the social and economic trajectories of two groups that have immigrated from the Caribbean Basin to the Netherlands: the Afro-Surinamese and the Indo-Surinamese. Drawing on a wide variety of sources including family histories, participant observation, and surveys of educational and employment outcomes, Dr. van Niekerk compares the experiences of two groups who share a sending country, Surinam, and a receiving country, the Netherlands, but who are ethnically quite different. The work is both a focused case study of the Surinamese migration and a comparative work that contributes to the debate about the relevance of 'structural' and 'cultural' factors for the social mobility of immigrant groups. |