Acknowledgments
1. Philadelphia’s Immigrant Communities in Historical Perspective – Ayumi Takenaka and Mary Johnson Osirim
Part I. Community Formation and Intra- (and Inter-) Ethnic Relations
2. 125 Years of Building Jewish Immigrant Communities in Philadelphia – Rakhmiel Peltz
3. Mapping Memories in Stone: Italians and the Transformation of a Philadelphia Landscape – Joan Saverino
4. Pan-Latino Enclaves in Philadelphia and the Formation of the Puerto Rican Community – Victor Vazquez-Hernandez
5. Opportunity, Conflict, and Communities in Transition: Historical and Contemporary Chinese Immigration to Philadelphia – Lena Sze
Part II. The Role of Institutions
6. German Immigration to Philadelphia from the Colonial Period through the Twentieth Century – Birte Pfleger
7. Changes in the Behavior of Immigrants: The Irish in Philadelphia – Noel J. J. Farley and Philip L. Kilbride
8. Healthcare Access for Mexican Immigrants in South Philadelphia – Jennifer Atlas
Part III. Identity Formation in a Transnational Context
9. Philadelphia’s Haitian Community: Transnationalism and Unity in the Formation of Identity – Garvey F. Lundy
10. The New African Diaspora: Transnationalism and Transformation in Philadelphia – Mary Johnson Osirim
11. From Kerala to Philadelphia: The Experiences of Malayalee, Hindu Nurses in Philadelphia – Rasika Chakravarthy and Ajay Nair
12. The Other Asians in the Other Philadelphia: Understanding Cambodian Experiences in Neighborhoods, Classrooms, and Workplaces – Ellen Skilton-Sylvester and Keo Chea-Young
Contributors
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