A Tale of Two Cities: The Reality of Historical Differences.

Autor/in	Smith, M. Estellie
Titel	A Tale of Two Cities: The Reality of Historical Differences.
Quelle	(1973), (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Acculturation; Anthropology; Cultural Influences; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Ethnic Groups; Ethnic Relations; Immigrants; Intergroup Relations; Modern History; Portuguese; Racial Discrimination; Residential Patterns; Social Discrimination; Stereotypes; Urban Population + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akkulturation; Anthropologie; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Ökonomischer Faktor; Ethnie; Ethnische Beziehungen; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Intergruppenbeziehungen; Neuere Geschichte; Portugiesischunterricht; Racial bias; Rassismus; Wohnsituation; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Klischee; Stadtbevölkerung
Abstract	Although it is important to formulate a set of generalizations stressing form rather than specific content, the study discussed here demonstrates that analytical insights are omitted if historically specific differences are not examined as well as structurally inherent similarities. Thus this paper focuses on the utility of indicating the historical processes which, following the genesis of two cities, produced differing milieus for an influx of some 20,000 Portuguese immigrants (divided almost equally between the two communities) during the past 10 years. The cities are separated in their town limits by some 20 miles, but they are actually linked by a series of interdigital suburbs and small towns. They exist in a coastal area of southern New England and have very different economic bases. Each, for historical reasons, has created a different stereotype, or ethnic identity, of Portuguese-Americans, has established different positions within the total network of the community for the Portuguese-American to occupy, has provided different strategic alternatives for the immigrant who must adapt to his new life, and thus has created areas which the Portuguese immigrants themselves perceive as different--a perception that influences their choice of settlement. (Author/JM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01