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LITTLE HAITI: THE EVOLUTION OF A COMMUNITY

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Date Issued:
1983
Summary:
Haitians have been leaving their country in significant numbers for many years. These emigrants have not always constituted the same socio-economic classes. The same diversity found in Haiti would often be found in the receiving countries. The area called Little Haiti might be more homogeneous than Haitian enclaves in Montreal or New York, but, here too, there is diversity. The beginnings of this area were vastly different in composition, race, and ethnicity, and the early settlers would most certainly wonder at the changes which have occurred. Although struggling to overcome many obstacles, Little Haiti is on its way to becoming a viable community. The support systems necessary for continuity are all there: schools, shopping, churches, doctors, lawyers, social services, etc. Whether it will maintain its cultural identity or eventually assimilate with the larger black community remains to be seen. In the meanwhile the Haitians are struggling to surmount obstacles of unemployment, illiteracy, regulation of status, prejudice, and poverty.
Title: LITTLE HAITI: THE EVOLUTION OF A COMMUNITY.
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Name(s): DECKELBAUM, YETTA.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Mohl, Raymond A., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1983
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 134 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Haitians have been leaving their country in significant numbers for many years. These emigrants have not always constituted the same socio-economic classes. The same diversity found in Haiti would often be found in the receiving countries. The area called Little Haiti might be more homogeneous than Haitian enclaves in Montreal or New York, but, here too, there is diversity. The beginnings of this area were vastly different in composition, race, and ethnicity, and the early settlers would most certainly wonder at the changes which have occurred. Although struggling to overcome many obstacles, Little Haiti is on its way to becoming a viable community. The support systems necessary for continuity are all there: schools, shopping, churches, doctors, lawyers, social services, etc. Whether it will maintain its cultural identity or eventually assimilate with the larger black community remains to be seen. In the meanwhile the Haitians are struggling to surmount obstacles of unemployment, illiteracy, regulation of status, prejudice, and poverty.
Identifier: AAI1321320 (UnM), 14164 (digitool), FADT14164 (IID), fau:10976 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1983.
Subject(s): Haitians--Florida--Miami
Held by: Florida Atlantic University Libraries
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