{"product_id":"9780870138812","title":"Haitians in Michigan","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHaitians in Michigan\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Largey chronicles the challenges facing Haitian immigrants and their U.S.-born children as they seek to maintain their cultural identity in the United States. Beginning with a useful outline of Haitian political history, Largey explains how Haiti and the United States have become linked by a shared history of commerce and colonialism.\u003cbr\u003e     Largey brings to life the political aspirations and expressions of Haitians in Michigan in a historical and ethnographic examination of Michigan's three principal Haitian enclaves, in Detroit, Grand Rapids, and Lansing. As Largey makes clear, Haitian-American civic, religious, and cultural organizations in these cities offer spaces for the creation of a culture that is uniquely Haitian and American. \u003cbr\u003e    \u003ci\u003e Haitians in Michigan \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates the rich contributions of a people whose long and difficult struggle for self-determination brought them into a historical convergence with the United States. Largey shows how much the United States-and Michigan in particular-has benefited from this convergence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michigan State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027534692592,"sku":"9780870138812","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780870138812_p0.jpg?v=1763837129","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780870138812","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}