Divided by borders : Mexican migrants and their children /

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Since 2000, approximately 440,000 Mexicans have migrated to the United States every year. Tens of thousands have left children behind in Mexico to do so. For these parents, migration is a sacrifice. What do parents expect to accomplish by dividing their families across borders? How do families manag...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dreby, Joanna, 1976-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Mexicans > Family relationships > United States > Case studies.
Emigrant remittances > Mexico.
Households > Mexico.
Marital conflict > Case studies.
Parent and child > Case studies.
Mexicains > Relations familiales > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Envois de fonds des émigrants > Mexique.
Ménages (Statistique) > Mexique.
Conflits conjugaux > Études de cas.
Parents et enfants > Études de cas.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Child Abuse.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Adoption & Fostering.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Parenting > Parent & Adult Child.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Parenting > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Emigrant remittances
Emigration and immigration
Households
Marital conflict
Parent and child
Familie
Familienbeziehung
Hispanos
Familiensoziologie
Auswanderung
Mexikanischer Einwanderer
Mexico > Emigration and immigration.
Mexico
United States
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Since 2000, approximately 440,000 Mexicans have migrated to the United States every year. Tens of thousands have left children behind in Mexico to do so. For these parents, migration is a sacrifice. What do parents expect to accomplish by dividing their families across borders? How do families manage when they are living apart? More importantly, do parents' relocations yield the intended results? Probing the experiences of migrant parents, children in Mexico, and their caregivers, Joanna Dreby offers an up-close and personal account of the lives of families divided by borders. What she finds i.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxi, 311 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520945838
0520945832
1282422316
9781282422315
9786612422317
6612422319

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