1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455503203321

Autore

Portes Alejandro <1944->

Titolo

Latin journey [[electronic resource] ] : Cuban and Mexican immigrants in the United States / / Alejandro Portes, Robert L. Bach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1985

ISBN

1-282-35521-X

9786612355219

0-520-90731-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (410 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BachRobert L

Disciplina

305.8/687291/073

Soggetti

Cubans - United States - Economic conditions

Cubans - United States - Social conditions

Mexicans - United States - Economic conditions

Mexicans - United States - Social conditions

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-382) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Theoretical Overview -- 2. Immigration To The United States, 1890-1979 -- 3. Contrasting Histories: Cuban And Mexican Immigrants In The United States -- 4. Prelude To Immigration: The Social Origins Of Cuban And Mexican Immigrants -- 5. The First Six Years -- 6. The Cuban Enclave In Miami -- 7. The Secondary Labor Market: Economic And Occupational Mobility Of Mexican Immigrants -- 8. America In The Eyes Of The Immigrants -- 9. Reaching Out: The Social Relationships Of Immigrants In The United States -- 10. Conclusion: Immigration Theory And Its Practical Implications -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Latin Journey details an eight-year study of Mexican and Cuban immigrants.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910716263303321

Titolo

Building permits in the principal cities of the United States in 1925. [U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Bulletin No. 424. Miscellaneous Series. December 1926.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [U.S. Government Printing Office], , 1926

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (91 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

House document / 69th Congress, 1st session. House ; ; no. 472

[United States congressional serial set ] ; ; [serial no. 8654]

Soggetti

Building

Housing

Licenses

Public buildings

Cost

Maintenance

Repairing

Remodelling . .

Renovation (Architecture)

Legislative materials.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Table of contents, p. III.

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