In Premigration Legacies and Immigrant Social Mobility, anthropologist Mies van Niekerk examines the social and economic trajectories of two groups that have immigrated from the Caribbean Basin to the Netherlands: the Afro-Surinamese and the Indo-Surinamese.

Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 The Surinamese in the Netherlands Chapter 4 Premigration History: Creoles and East Indians in Surinam Chapter 5 Mobility Trajectories Chapter 6 Careers of Afro-Surinamese and Indo-Surinamese Men and Women Chapter 7 Children of Immigrants and Educational Mobility Chapter 8 Family Background Chapter 9 Social Environment and Networks Chapter 10 Premigration Legacies and Immigrant Social Mobility

By Mies Van Niekerk - Foreword by Suzanne Model