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Race migrations : Latinos and the cultural transformation of race /

In this groundbreaking study of Puerto Rican and Dominican migration to the United States, Wendy D. Roth explores the influence of migration on changing cultural conceptions of race--for the newcomers, for their host society, and for those who remain in the countries left behind. Just as migrants ca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roth, Wendy D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In this groundbreaking study of Puerto Rican and Dominican migration to the United States, Wendy D. Roth explores the influence of migration on changing cultural conceptions of race--for the newcomers, for their host society, and for those who remain in the countries left behind. Just as migrants can gain new language proficiencies, they can pick up new understandings of race. But adopting an American idea about race does not mean abandoning earlier ideas. New racial schemas transfer across borders and cultures spread between sending and host countries. Behind many current debates on immigration.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 254 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780804782531
0804782539
0804777950
9780804777957