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UNINA9910974473703321 |
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Autore |
Cordova Carlos B |
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Titolo |
The Salvadoran Americans / / Carlos B. Cordova |
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Westport, Conn. : , : Greenwood Press, , 2005 |
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London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024 |
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9798216010685 |
9786612418037 |
9781282418035 |
1282418033 |
9780313062926 |
0313062927 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (196 p.) |
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Collana |
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The New Americans, , 1092-6364 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Immigrants - United States - Social conditions |
Salvadoran Americans |
Salvadoran Americans - Social conditions |
El Salvador Emigration and immigration |
United States Emigration and immigration |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-172) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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