Synopses & Reviews
Arthur documents the role that Africa's best and brightest play in the new migration of population from less developed countries to the United States. He highlights how Africans negotiate and forge relationships among themselves and with the members of the host society. Multiple aspects of the African immigrants' social world, family patterns, labor force participation, and formation of cultural identities are also examined. He lays out the long term aspirations of the immigrants within the context of the geo-political, economic, and social conditions in Africa.
Ultimately, Arthur explains why people leave Africa, what they encounter, their interactions with the host society, and their attitudes about American social institutions. He also provides information about the social changes and policies that African countries need to adopt to stem the tide, or even reverse, the African brain drain. A detailed analysis for scholars, students, and other researchers involved with African and immigration studies and contemporary American society.
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Invisible Sojourners: African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States, creates the groundwork to further research and problematize the impact of African immigrants of the last generation with regard to their impact on an emerging awareness in ideational discourse from the Sub-Sahara African Diaspora. Suffice it to say Arthur's text is therefore an important contribution.The Griot
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Upper-division undergraduates and above.Choice
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[W]ill mainly interest researchers working in the areas of African and African American studies and students of race and ethnic relations. It will also appeal to those who seek to understand the global dimensions of the continuing African diaspora.The Journal of American History
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Examines the growth of the African immigrant population in the United States.
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Examines the growth of the African immigrant population in the United States.
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Arthur examines the forces that have shaped recent African migration to the United States, looking at the characteristics of the African immigrant population, residential and settlement patterns, family and household structure, labor force participation, and pathways to American citizenship. The meanings of the migratory process as well as relationships with the dominant society, and intra immigrant associative networks also are analyzed.
About the Author
JOHN A. ARTHUR is Professor of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Minnesota, Duluth Campus. He has major interests in international migration, comparative criminology, and criminal justice systems. Professor Arthur has authored and co-authored numerous journal articles and written several book chapters.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: African Immigrants in the New Global Migration
Causes of African Migration to the United States and the Dynamics of the Post Arrival Adjustment Process
Portrait of the African Immigrants in the United States
From the Horn of Africa to the Northern Plains of Minnesota: The Case of the African Refugees
African Immigrant Social Networks, Race Relations, and Social Integration
Family, Household Structure, Educational Attainment, and Business Formation
The Lives of the Immigrant Women and Their Children
Pathways to Naturalization, Repatriation, and Future Goals
The Future of African Immigration to the United States
Appendix
Bibliography
Index