Lost Illusions: Caribbean Minorities in Britain and the Netherlands

by Malcolm Cross (Editor), Han Entzinger (Editor)

Overview

Lost Illusions, first published in 1988, analyses the differing experiences of Caribbean migration to Britain and the Netherlands, both from the perspectives of the countries and from the migrants themselves. The editors have compiled a volume of in-depth articles from experts from Britain and the Netherlands to provide an essential examination of Caribbean migration to two different European countries in the 1970s and 1980s.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032361208
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/16/2022
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Immigration and Migration
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Malcolm Cross and Hans Entzinger

Table of Contents

1. Caribbean Minorities in Britain and the Netherlands: Comparative Questions Malcolm Cross and Hans Entzinger Part 1. Patterns of Incorporation 2. Workers of the Night: West Indians in Britain Alistair Hennessy 3. Caribbean Migration to the Netherlands: A Journey to Disappointment? Gert J. Oostindie 4. Mobility Denied: Afro-Caribbean Labour and the British Economy Malcolm Cross and Mark Johnson 5. On the Way Up? Surinamese and Antilleans in the Dutch Labour Market Theo Reubsaet 6. Race, Class and Residence: Afro-Caribbean Households in Britain Peter Ratcliffe 7. Surinamese Settlement in Amsterdam 1973–83 Leo de Klerk and Hans van Amersfoort Part 2. Avenues of Social Mobility 8. British Schooling and the Reproduction of Racial Inequality Barry Troyna 9. Education: the Way Up for Surinamese in the Netherlands? Willem Koot and Petrien Uniken Venema 10. Caribbean Business Enterprise in Britain Robin Ward 11. Culture, Structure and Ethnic Enterprise: the Surinamese of Amsterdam Jeremy Boissevain and Hanneke Grotenbreg 12. Afro-Caribbean Involvement in British Politics Marian FitzGerald 13. Mobilization of Ethnicity in Dutch Politics Jan Rath