Black Identities

West Indian Immigrant Dreams and American Realities

Mary C. Waters

  • American Political Science Association's Best Book of 1999 in Race, Ethnicity, and Politics
  • Thomas and Znaniecki Book Award of the International Migration Section of the American Sociological Association
  • 2001 Mirra Komarovsky Book Award, Sponsored by the Eastern Sociological Society

Introduction

Historical Legacies

Racial and Ethnic Identity Choices

West Indians at Work

Encountering American Race Relations

Intergenerational Dynamics

Segregated Neighborhoods and Schools

Identities of the Second Generation

Immigrants and American Race Relations

Appendix: Notes on Methodology

Notes

Index

  • Cover: Black Identities
  • A photo of the author

Author photo by Ric Bayly

Mary C. Waters is M. E. Zukerman Professor of Sociology at Harvard University.