Ethnic Amsterdam
Immigrants and Urban Change in the Twentieth Century
Distributed for Amsterdam University Press
For years people from all parts of the world have gravitated to the city of Amsterdam and, like elsewhere, their fate has been shaped by the economic, sociopolitical, and cultural environments of their new homes. But the essays in Ethnic Amsterdam argue that this exchange occurs both ways: while immigrants are changed by the customs, opportunities, and constraints of their new host country, they are at the same time leaving their ineradicable mark on the cities in which they settle. This fascinating volume explores how immigrants—in bringing with them religion, sports, language, food, and other aspects of their native countries—have transformed Amsterdam into a cosmopolitan city.
“From language and food to housing and religion, Ethnic Amsterdam is full of wonderfully rich material and fascinating insights into how immigrants are creating a new and dynamic multiethnic Amsterdam. The book is an indispensable guide to understanding the far-reaching consequences of immigration in one of the world’s most diverse cities.”
Preface
1. Am I Amsterdam? Immigrant integration and urban change
Liza Nell and Jan Rath
2. Ethnic groups in Amsterdam’s public spaces
Thaddeus Miller
3. Eating out ‘ethnic’ in Amsterdam from the 1920s to the present
Anneke H. van Otterloo
4. Living Amsterdam: tangible homes behind Amsterdam’s facades
Hilje van der Horst
5. Housing and population: spatial mobility in twentieth-century Amsterdam
Hans van Amersfoot and Cees Cortie
6. Towards cultural diversity in Amsterdam’s arts
Christine Delhaye
7. Multilingual Amsterdam
Folkert Kuiken
8. Immigrant organisations in Amsterdam
Floris Vermeulen and Anja van Heelsum
9. Houses of worship and the politics of space in Amsterdam
Thijl Sunier
10. The integration of migrants into the Amsterdam sport pattern
Ruud Stokvis
11. Social boundaries in movement
Liza Nell and Jan Rath
About the contributors
Index
Anthropology: Cultural and Social Anthropology
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