Caribbean Diasporas

Migration and Ethnic Communities

Bibliographic Data

ID9755572
AuthorsA Portes (0000-0002-0864-878X, corresponding author), R Grosfoguel (0000-0001-9051-1573)
Year1994
Volume533
Issue1
Pages48-69
Publication date1994-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0002716294533001004
OpenAlexW2101879077
LanguageEN
Citations received30
References cited10

Emphasis is on the five major insular migrations arriving in the United States during this century: Cubans, Dominicans, Haitians, Jamaicans, and Puerto Ricans. We briefly examine the historical origins of these outflows, focusing on the role of shifting external hegemony over the region and the resulting changes in economic structure. The long relationship of the United States with its southern periphery has had the most diverse effects on these countries. In the case of the small Caribbean nations, a common pattern of U.S. hegemony interacted with very diverse colonial experiences to produce different political and economic structures. The latter have been reflected, in turn, in the character of Caribbean migration flows and the relative success of the ethnic communities that they spawned. Contrary to common stereotypes, immigrants from the island-nations of the region are not solely unskilled workers but comprise a diversified lot that includes entrepreneurs, professionals, technicians, and skilled workers as well

Colonialism · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Geography · Hegemony · Immigration · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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