A Tale of Two Cities: Santo Domingo and New York After 1950

by Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof

Book Overview

In the second half of the twentieth century Dominicans became New York City's largest, and poorest, new immigrant group. They toiled in garment factories and small groceries, and as taxi drivers, janitors, hospital workers, and nannies. By 1990, one of every ten Dominicans lived in New York. A Tale of Two Cities tells the fascinating story of this emblematic migration from Latin America to the United States. Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof chronicles...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691149364
• ISBN13: 9780691149363
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"