Invisible Sojourners: African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States
Cover -- INVISIBLE SOJOURNERS -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction: African Immigrants in the New Global Migration -- IMPACT OF U.S. IMMIGRATION LAWS ON AFRICAN IMMIGRATION -- SOURCES OF DATA AND DESCRIPTION OF STUDY -- ORGANIZATION OF STUDY -- Chapter 2 Causes of African Migration to the United States and the Dynamics of the Post-Arrival Adjustment Process -- REASONS FOR COMING TO THE UNITED STATES -- CONSTRAINING FACTORS AND PREPARATIONS MADE BEFORE LEAVING AFRICA -- POST-ARRIVAL EXPERIENCES AND THE ADJUSTMENT PROCESS -- Chapter 3 Portrait of the African Immigrants in the United States -- THE AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS IN OFFICIAL IMMIGRATION FILES -- CHARACTERISTICS OF AFRICANS IN THE UNITED STATES CENSUS: 1970-1990 -- RESULTS OF FIELD SURVEY -- Chapter 4 From the Horn of Africa to the Northern Plains of Minnesota: The Case of the African Refugees -- EXPERIENCES OF AN ETHIOPIAN REFUGEE FAMILY -- BACKGROUND TO THE REFUGEE CRISIS IN THE HORN OF AFRICA -- SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ADAPTATION OF AFRICAN REFUGEES -- THE DECISION TO REPATRIATE TO AFRICA -- Chapter 5 African Immigrant Social Networks, Race Relations, and Social Integration -- AFRICAN IMMIGRANT NETWORKS -- NEGOTIATING THE CONTOURS OF RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS IN AMERICA -- AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS AND RELATIONS WITH NATIVE-BORN BLACKS -- AFRICAN IMMIGRANT INSTITUTIONAL BONDING AND STATUS INTEGRATION -- POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND SOCIAL ACTIVISM -- Chapter 6 Family, Household Structure, Educational Attainment, and Business Formation -- FAMILY COMPOSITION AND HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE -- IMMIGRANT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT -- AFRICAN IMMIGRANT BUSINESS FORMATION AND SELF-EMPLOYMENT -- Chapter 7 The Lives of the Immigrant Women and Their Children -- FAMILY RELATIONS AND GENDER ROLES -- EXPECTATIONS OF CHILDREN AND INTERGENERATIONAL CONFLICTS -- WORK, HOUSEHOLD, AND LIFESTYLE DYNAMICS.