Assignments
I. Citing Potential Bibliography – due 22 March 2013
Michelle DePrizio:
1. Ines M. Miyares, “From Exclusionary Covenant to Ethnic Hyperdiversity in Jackson Heights, Queens,” Geographical Review 94 (2004): 475-482, accessed March 21, 2013, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30034291
Explains the history of Jackson Heights, from its beginnings as a white “garden” neighborhood to its recent transition to a ethnically diverse neighborhood, including “Little India”.
2. Dutt, Ela. “Newest New Yorkers 2000: Immigrant New York in New Millennium; Main Reason Indians Come to Settle in NYC is Employment.” News India – Times (2005): accessed March 21, 2013, http://search.proquest.com/docview/367802365?accountid=7286.
Explains why several ethnic groups – including Asian Indians – have come to the United States. Includes the legal opportunities that allowed immigration.
3. Padmanabhan, Arvind and Ganesh S. Lakshman. “Asian Population Registers Second Highest Growth of 3.7 Percent: Asian Indians Registered Significant Increase in New York City, According to Census Survey.” News India – Times (2003): accessed March 21, 2013, http://search.proquest.com/docview/367779758?accountid=7286.
States some statistics about the Asian Indian population and its (relatively high) growth in New York City.
4. Gehlaut, Dharmvir. “Diwali Celebrated Early in Jackson Heights, A Mini-India.” News India – Times (2000): accessed March 21, 2013, http://search.proquest.com/docview/367893103?accountid=7286.
Explains the celebration of Diwali, a Hindu holiday, in Jackson Heights, and shows that cultural diffusion is present as seen in the non-Hindu participation.
5. “NYC Comptroller Lauds Jackson Heights Merchants.” India Abroad (2005) accessed March 22, 2013, http://search.proquest.com/docview/362864221?accountid=7286.
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Joshi, Monika. “The Merchant of Jackson Heights.” India Abroad (2003), Mar 22, 2013 http://search.proquest.com/docview/362898283?accountid=7286.
Talk about the merchants of Jackson Heights, which relates to the economy of the area. In particular the second article focuses on Subhash Kapadia, a merchant who was recognized for his work.
Christopher Kiang
1. Karatzas, Daniel. Jackson Heights, a garden in the city: The history of America’s first garden and cooperative apartment community. Jackson Heights Beautification Group, 1990.
http://www.amazon.com/Jackson-Heights-garden-city-cooperative/dp/B0006REL0W
Explains the history of Jackson Heights and the effects of the Garden City Movement on its community.
2. Miyares, Ines. From Exclusionary Covenant to Ethnic Hyperdiversity in Jackson Heights, Queens. American Geographical Review, 2004.
http://www.amazon.com/exclusionary-covenant-hyperdiversity-Jackson-Heights/dp/B000CSLD3S
Talks about how housing and public transportation, which was initially meant to prevent diversity, led to hyperdiversity in Jackson Heights, Queens.
3. Roleke, John. Offbeat New York, “Little India in Jackson Heights: A Quick Tour of a South Asian Neighborhood.” http://www.offbeatnewyork.com/queens-little-india.html.
Talks about the Indian culture in Jackson Heights.
4. Movoto, “Neighborhood Information for Jackson Heights, NY, 11372.” http://www.movoto.com/neighborhood/ny/jackson-heights/11372.htm.
Demographics for Jackson Heights
5. “City-Data.” Jackson Heights (New York, York: apartments, crime, how much) Read more: http://www.city-data.com/forum/new-york-city/94027-jackson-heights-new-york-york-apartments.html
Interesting blog discussing Jackson Heights community. Users include residents of Jackson Heights.
Aakaash Varma
1. Kasinitz, Philip, Mohamad Bazzi, and Randal Doane. “Chapter 8: Jackson Heights, New York.” Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research 4, no. 2 (1998): 161-177. Chapter 8: Jackson Heights, New York (accessed March 13, 2013).
Describes the development of Jackson Heights over time, with a focus on its great increase in ethnic diversity.
2. Samanta, Anamika. “Jackson Heights, NY.” Hues 1, no. 5 (1995): 14. http://search.proquest.com.ez-proxy.brooklyn.cuny.edu:2048/docview/200469976/abstract/13CFBE0A98148A332E7/7?accountid=7286 (accessed March 13, 2013).
A woman’s perceptions on Jackson Heights, with an emphasis on Indian-Americans.
3.Vecsey, George. “India Casts Its Subtle Spell on Queens: India Casts Its Subtle Spell on a Patch of Jackson Heights A place to get in touch with one’s roots or just to play tourist.” The New York Times, August 19, 1994, sec. Weekend. http://search.proquest.com.ez-proxy.brooklyn.cuny.edu:2048/docview/109340572/fulltextPDF/13CFBE5BFCE63D92D64/22?accountid=7286 (accessed March 20, 2013).
A newspaper article about the Indian enclave in Jackson Heights.
4.Sikra, Aprajita. “Jackson Heights Lures Visitors: Market Is a Household Name From Kerala to Kashmir.” India Abroad (New York), July 7, 1989. http://search.proquest.com.ez-proxy.brooklyn.cuny.edu:2048/docview/371400987/13CFBE5BFCE63D92D64/35?accountid=7286 (accessed March 20, 2013).
A newspaper article that discusses the development of the Indian market in Jackson Heights.
5. Turetsky, Doug. “Twenty Years Ago: Diversity in Queens.” CityLimits, January 1986. http://www.citylimits.org/news/articles/3366/twenty-years-ago (accessed March 20, 2013).
A magazine article discussing how Jackson heights deals with diversity.
Heather McCallum
1. Cordero-Guzman, Hector, Robert Smith, and Ramon Grosfoguel. Migration, Transnationalization, and Race in a Changing New York. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2001.
Focuses on demographic changes and global nationalization; there is a chapter devoted to Indians. (Available at Brooklyn Public Library.)
2. Burrows, Edwin, and Mike Wallace. Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Interesting look at migration and development of NYC into a city proper. May deal with Eastern-Orient immigration. (Available at BC Library.)
3. Foner, Nancy. Islands in the City: West Indian Migration to New York. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001.
Digs into racial identity and culture in the midst of the foreign, and how this survives and transforms when transplanted. (E-book available at BC Library.)
4. Poros, Maritsa. Modern Migrations: Gujarati Indians in New York and London. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2011.
Do not know where this is available; focuses on a specific subset of Indian migration and their culture.
5. Buff, Rachel. Immigration and the Political Economy of Home: West Indian Brooklyn and American Indian Minneapolis, 1945-1992. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001.
Focuses on a narrow subset over a broad range; half of the book can be disregarded, but it informs of the migration tendencies in an overlooked area. (Available at BC Library.)
6. Foner, Nancy. In a New Land: A Comparative View of Immigration. New York: New York University Press, 2005.
Explores the reasoning and result of these migrations, giving attention to each group and to their influence. (Do not know where this is available…)
