Profile: Edgar and the Blue Mosque

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Preface vii
4. PART I. A Village Transformed
5. 1. Hola, Greenport 1
6. Profile: Lost and Found 13
7. PART II. Absorbing Immigrants since 1840
8. 2. The European Legacy 21
9. 3. Boom, Bust, and Back Again 33
10. 4. Migration from Within 42
11. 5. Is Demographics Destiny? 51
12. PART III. Classroom Challenges
13. 6. Schooling New Citizens 63
14. Profile: Edgar and the Blue Mosque 88
15. PART IV. Settling In
16. 7. Housing or Houses? 101
17. Profile: Sofia’s Quest 121
18. PART V. Toward Community Health
19. 8. Cobbled Care 135
20. Profile: An Accidental Nurse 152
21. PART VI. Dilemmas of Control
22. 9. Legal Limbo 167
23. Profile: Deferred and Delivered 182
24. PART VII. Working Lives
25. 10. Where There’s a Will, There’s a Job (or Two) 193
26. Profile: Sacrifice and Success 207
27. PART VIII. What Next?
28. Profile: The New American 223
29. 11. A Small-Town Model? 232
30. Notes 237
31. Index 249
32. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 257