The last best place? : gender, family, and migration in the new West /

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Southwest Montana is beautiful country, evoking mythologies of freedom and escape long associated with the West. Partly because of its burgeoning presence in popular culture, film, and literature, including William Kittredge's anthology The Last Best Place, the scarcely populated region has wit...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schmalzbauer, Leah (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Migrant labor > Montana, Western > Social conditions.
Migrant labor > Montana, Western > Economic conditions.
Migrant laborers' families > Montana, Western > Social conditions.
Migrant laborers' families > Montana, Western > Economic conditions.
Foreign workers, Mexican > Montana, Western > Social conditions.
Foreign workers, Mexican > Montana, Western > Economic conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Economic history
Foreign workers, Mexican > Economic conditions
Foreign workers, Mexican > Social conditions
Migrant labor > Economic conditions.
Migrant labor > Social conditions
Social conditions
Montana, Western > Social conditions.
Montana, Western > Economic conditions.
Western Montana
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Southwest Montana is beautiful country, evoking mythologies of freedom and escape long associated with the West. Partly because of its burgeoning presence in popular culture, film, and literature, including William Kittredge's anthology The Last Best Place, the scarcely populated region has witnessed an influx of wealthy, white migrants over the last few decades. But another, largely invisible and unstudied type of migration is also present. Though Mexican migrants have worked on Montana's ranches and farms since the 1920s, increasing numbers of migrant families-both documented and undocumente.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780804792974
0804792976

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