John A. Arthur is Professor of Criminology and Sociology at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, USA.

• Contents: Preface; The Ghanaian diaspora in the United States setting and overview of chapters; Aims of study and data collection; Crossing the Atlantic to Ablotsi and Manse: the exodus of Ghanaians to the West; Structure and composition of Ghanaian immigrant families in the United States; Identity matters: carving patterns of racial, ethnic, and class niches; Immigrant institutions - building communities and forging integration; The 2nd generation immigrant youth: multiple and shifting identities; Remittance flows: sending money home and sharing the migration dividend; Homeward bound: return migration and repatriation to Ghana; The Ghanaian diaspora: transatlantic continuities in the European Union; Conclusion: the continuities of the Ghanaian diaspora in the new global migration; Bibliography; Index.

'John Arthur is, without question, one of the most insightful of the new crop of scholars working in the growing field of African diaspora studies. This book represents a milestone in the field by focusing on one specific community and exploring it from key sociological and economic perspectives. It will be required reading for a long time to come.' Isidore Okpewho, Binghamton University, USA