03215nam 2200757 a 450 991097447370332120260224221346.097982160106859786612418037978128241803512824180339780313062926031306292710.5040/9798216010685(CKB)2550000000001228(EBL)496986(OCoLC)62320584(SSID)ssj0000365543(PQKBManifestationID)11231761(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365543(PQKBWorkID)10403148(PQKB)10943418(Au-PeEL)EBL496986(CaPaEBR)ebr10362755(CaONFJC)MIL241803(MiAaPQ)EBC496986(DLC)BP9798216010685BC(Perlego)4170788(EXLCZ)99255000000000122820050729d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Salvadoran Americans /Carlos B. Cordova1st ed.Westport, Conn. :Greenwood Press,2005.London :Bloomsbury Publishing,20241 online resource (196 p.)The New Americans,1092-6364Description based upon print version of record.(OCoLC)61204296 9780313323065 0313323062 Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-172) and index.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; IndexSalvadorans 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 AmerNew Americans (Westport, Conn.)ImmigrantsUnited StatesSocial conditionsSalvadoran AmericansSalvadoran AmericansSocial conditionsEl SalvadorEmigration and immigrationUnited StatesEmigration and immigrationImmigrantsSocial conditions.Salvadoran Americans.Salvadoran AmericansSocial conditions.305.868/7284073Cordova Carlos B1798749DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910974473703321The Salvadoran Americans4341681UNINA