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To describe New York City's cultural makeup, the best metaphor is a salad bowl rather than a melting pot. This program follows the Queens #7 subway line through a dazzling array of ethnic communities, each with its own distinct texture and flavor, illustrating demographic changes the city has u...

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Other Authors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., Tapestry International (Firm)
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2006], c2004.
Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (26 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Series: Global cities (Princeton, N.J.)
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Table of Contents:
  • New York City: From Melting Pot to Salad Bowl (3:53)
  • Immigration: The Need for Skilled Workers (1:57)
  • New York City: A Changing Demographic Profile (4:19)
  • New York City: Latino Immigrants (5:26)
  • New York City: Asian Immigrants (2:22)
  • Changes in the Immigration Acts (5:11)
  • Immigrants: The Face of America (1:28)
  • testx (4:19)