{"product_id":"all-the-nations-under-heaven-9780231078788","title":"All the Nations Under Heaven","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn certain neighborhoods of New York City, an immigrant may live out his or her entire life without even becoming fluent in English. From the Russians of Brooklyn's Brighton Beach to the Dominicans of Manhattan's Washington Heights, New York is arguably the most ethnically diverse city in the world. Yet no wide-ranging ethnic history of the city has ever been attempted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAll the Nations Under Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, Frederick Binder and David Reimers trace the shifting tides of New York's ethnic past, from its beginnings as a Dutch trading outpost to the present age where Third World immigration has given the population a truly global character. \u003ci\u003eAll the Nations Under Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e explores the processes of cultural adaptation to life in New York, giving a lively account of immigrants new and old, and of the streets and neighborhoods they claimed and transformed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll the Nations Under Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e provides a comprehensive look at the unique cultural identities that have wrought changes on the city over nearly four centuries since Europeans first landed on the Atlantic shore. While detailing the various efforts to retain a cultural heritage, the book also looks at how ethnic and racial groups have interacted—and clashed—over the years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the influx of Irish and Germans in the nineteenth century to the recent arrival of Caribbean and Asian ethnic groups in large numbers, \u003ci\u003eAll the Nations Under Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e explores the social, cultural, political, and economic lives of immigrants as they sought to form their own communities and struggled to define their identities within the grwonig heterogeneity of New York. In this timely, provocative book, Binder and Reimers offer insight into the cultural mosaic of New York at the turn of the millennium, where despite a civic pride that emphasizes the goals of diversity and tolerance, racial and ethnic conflict continue to shatter visions of peaceful coexistence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert W. Snyder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48276733264123,"sku":"9780231078788","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_2b673e3e-90c2-4122-a69d-57d03f1b44da.jpg?v=1774753703","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/all-the-nations-under-heaven-9780231078788","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}