1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786703503321

Autore

Flores-Yeffal Nadia Yamel

Titolo

Migration-trust networks [[electronic resource] ] : social cohesion in Mexican US-bound emigration / / Nadia Yamel Flores-Yeffal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, 2013

ISBN

1-60344-963-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Disciplina

304.873072

Soggetti

Immigrants - Social networks - United States

Mexicans - Social networks - United States

United States Emigration and immigration Social aspects

Mexico Emigration and immigration Social aspects

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. 187-194) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In an important new application of sociological theories, Nadia Y. Flores-Yeffal offers fresh insights into the ways in which social networks function among immigrants who arrive in the United States from Mexico without legal documentation. She asks and examines important questions about the commonalities and differences in networks for this group compared with other immigrants, and she identifies "trust" as a major component of networking among those who have little if any legal protection.Revealing the complexities behind social networks of international migration, Migration-