American dreaming : immigrant life on the margins /

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American Dreaming chronicles in rich detail the struggles of immigrants who have fled troubled homelands in search of a better life in the United States, only to be marginalized by the society that they hoped would embrace them. Sarah Mahler draws from her experiences living among undocumented Salva...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mahler, Sarah J., 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1995.
Temas:
Marginality, Social > United States.
Immigrants > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Immigrants
Marginality, Social
United States
Americas Watch.
Bahamas.
Belize.
Chileans.
Ecuadorans.
Guatemalans.
Haitians.
Jews.
Marielito Cubans.
Nicaraguans.
Odysseus.
absentee landlords.
accident-related lawsuits.
aerospace industry.
aircraft industry.
anomie among immigrants.
assimilationism.
bicycling.
bilingualism.
birth certificates.
blockbusting.
boarding.
busboys.
calling cards.
capital, scarcity of.
cargo cults.
chain migration.
charities.
churches.
defense industry.
deindustrialization.
deportation.
detention centers.
dishwashers.
economics.
employers.
entrepreneurship.
ethnic enclaves.
exclusion proceedings.
fast-food workers.
fictive kinship.
formal economy.
garment industry.
gas stations.
green card marriages.
home care jobs.
homelessness.
homeowners.
income: and expenses.
insurance for cars.
lawsuits.
mordidas.
multiculturalism.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page
  • Half-title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication Page
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Maps and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter One: Introduction
  • Chapter Two: Leaving Home
  • Chapter Three: The Trip as Personal Transformation
  • Chapter Four: Great Expectations, Early Disillusionments
  • Chapter Five: The Construction of Marginality
  • Chapter Six: Making Money off the Margins
  • Chapter Seven: Lucrative, Liminal Law
  • Chapter Eight: The Encargado Industry
  • Chapter Nine: Immigrants and the American Dream
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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