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New Destination Dreaming : Immigration, Race, and Legal Status in the Rural American South.
New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles have long been shaped by immigration. These gateway cities have traditionally been assumed to be the major flashpoints in American debates over immigration policy--but the reality on the ground is proving different. Since the 1980s, new immigrants have increasingly...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Palo Alto :
Stanford University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Immigrant Incorporation in Rural New Destinations; Part I. Geography; 1. "I'm a Person Who Likes Tranquility a Lot": Southern Region and Rural Space in the Hispanic Newcomer Experience; Part II. Economy; 2. "The Americans Give You the Opportunity to Work and Grow": Stability and Short-Distance Mobility in the New Rural Southern Economy; 3. "It's Not Like If You Work in a Big Place and You Can Move up the Ladder": Insecurity and Stagnation in the Old Rural Southern Economy; Part III. Race and Citizenship.
- 4. "The Blacks Don't Like Us, and It's Worse Than with the Whites": Class Structure, Black Population Size, and the Threat of Social Leapfrogging5. "The White Americans Have Always Been Very Friendly": Discrimination, Racial Expectations, and Moral Hierarchies in the Black-White Binary; Part IV. Politics and Institutions; 6. "We're Here to Serve Our Residents": Service-Inspired Responsiveness to Hispanic Newcomers in Education and Health; 7. "If I Didn't Trust You Before, I Don't Even Want to See You Now": Regulatory Ambivalence in Law Enforcement and the Courts.
- Conclusion: Promises and Pitfalls in the Rural American SouthAppendix: Terminology and Methodology; Notes; References; Index.