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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458842603321

Autore

Barajas Manuel <1968->

Titolo

The Xaripu community across borders [[electronic resource] ] : labor, migration, community, and family / / Manuel Barajas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2009

ISBN

0-268-07624-3

0-268-07566-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Collana

Latino perspectives

Disciplina

304.8/79407237

Soggetti

Indians of Mexico - California - Social conditions

Mexican Americans - California - Social conditions

Foreign workers - California

Transnationalism

Electronic books.

Michoacán de Ocampo (Mexico) 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. 277-308) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Theoretical Perspectives on Labor Migration; Chapter Three: A Social-Historical Context of Xaripu's Land Displacement and Labor Migration Experience; Chapter Four: The Logic of Colonialism in Modern Labor Relations; Chapter Five: Haciendo Comunidad across Borders; Chapter Six: The Family across Borders; Chapter Seven: A Pueblo's Search for Empowerment across Borders; Appendix; Notes; Works Cited; index