TY  - BOOK
AU  - Biney,Moses O.
TI  - From Africa to America: religion and adaptation among Ghanaian immigrants in New York 
T2  - Religion, race, and ethnicity series
SN  - 9780814786413
AV  - BX9211.N5 P743 2011
U1  - 285/.1089966707471 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - New York University Press
KW  - Presbyterian Church of Ghana in New York (New York, N.Y.)
KW  - fast
KW  - Ghanaian Americans
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - Religion
KW  - Américains d'origine ghanéenne
KW  - New York (État)
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Presbyterian
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - New York (N.Y.)
KW  - Religious life and customs
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-204) and index; Coming to America : Ghanaians and U.S. immigration -- By the Hudson River : the Ghanaian presence in New York -- Remembering the homeland : Ghana and its people -- How shall we sing the Lord's song? PCGNY : an overseas mission -- The compound house : communal life and welfare -- Conflict and cohesion : gender and intergenerational relations -- Ebenezer : spirituality and identity -- Paddling on both sides : analysis and conclusion; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2011
N2  - Upon arrival in the United States, most African immigrants are immediately subsumed under the category "black." In the eyes of most Americans and more so to American legal and social systems African immigrants are indistinguishable from all others, such as those from the Caribbean whose skin color they share. Despite their growing presence in many cities and their active involvement in sectors of American economic, social, and cultural life, we know little about them. In From Africa to America, Moses O. Biney offers a rare full-scale look at an African immigrant congregation, The Presbyterian Church of Ghana in New York (PCGNY). Through personal stories, notes from participant observation, and interviews, Biney explores the complexities of the social, economic, and cultural adaptation of this group
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