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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456738603321

Autore

Cordova Carlos B

Titolo

The Salvadoran Americans [[electronic resource] /] / Carlos B. Cordova

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2005

ISBN

1-282-41803-3

9786612418037

0-313-06292-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 p.)

Collana

The New Americans, , 1092-6364

Disciplina

305.868/7284073

Soggetti

Salvadoran Americans

Salvadoran Americans - Social conditions

Immigrants - United States - Social conditions

Electronic books.

El Salvador Emigration and immigration

United States Emigration and immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-172) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Tables; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; PART I: BACKGROUND; PART II: COMING TO THE UNITED STATES AND STATUS; PART III: ADJUSTMENT AND ADAPTATION; Appendix 1: Notable Salvadorans in the United States; Appendix 2: Salvadoran Immigration to the United States by Year; Glossary of Commonly Used Salvadoran Words; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Salvadorans and other Central Americans have a strong presence in the United States because of the recent civil wars, natural disasters, and resulting economic downturns in the region. Most fled the right-wing death squads that were funded by the Reagan and first Bush Administrations and that targeted civilian populations in the 1980s and 1990s. The war in El Salvador left more than 80,000 people dead and more than 9,000 disappeared. In The Salvadoran Americans, readers will understand the fuller context of Salvadoran and Central American immigration to the United States and how these new Amer