A Place to Be : Brazilian, Guatemalan, and Mexican Immigrants in Florida's New Destinations /

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A Place to Be is the first book to explore migration dynamics and community settlement among Brazilian, Guatemalan, and Mexican immigrants in America's New South. The book adopts a fresh perspective to explore patterns of settlement in Florida, including the outlying areas of Miami and beyond....

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Other Authors: Vásquez, Manuel A., Steigenga, Timothy J., 1965-, Williams, Philip J., 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Einwanderung
Soziale Situation
Transnationalism.
Latin Americans > Social conditions.
Latin Americans > Religion.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Hispanic American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Transnationalisme > Congres.
Latino-Americains > Floride > Religion > Congres.
Latino-Americains > Floride > Conditions sociales > Congres.
Transnationalism > Congresses.
Latin Americans > Florida > Religion > Congresses.
Latin Americans > Florida > Social conditions > Congresses.
Hispanos.
Florida
Florida.
Floride > Émigration et immigration > Aspect social > Congres.
Florida > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects > Congresses.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:A Place to Be is the first book to explore migration dynamics and community settlement among Brazilian, Guatemalan, and Mexican immigrants in America's New South. The book adopts a fresh perspective to explore patterns of settlement in Florida, including the outlying areas of Miami and beyond. The stellar contributors from Latin America and the United States address the challenges faced by Latino immigrants, their cultural and religious practices, as well as the strategies used, as they move into areas experiencing recent large-scale immigration.
Item Description:"This book is the product of a collaborative transnational research project that grew out of a workshop held at the University of Florida in 2001"--Page vii
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages): map
ISBN:9780813544939

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