New destination dreaming [[electronic resource] ] : immigration, race, and legal status in the rural American South / / Helen B. Marrow

• Autore: Marrow Helen B
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (387 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.868/075
• Soggetto topico: Hispanic Americans - Southern States - Social conditions; Hispanic Americans - Legal status, laws, etc - Southern States; Latin Americans - Southern States - Social conditions; Latin Americans - Legal status, laws, etc - Southern States; Immigrants - Southern States - Social conditions
• Soggetto geografico: Southern States Emigration and immigration; Southern States Rural conditions; Southern States Race relations
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Geography -- pt. 2. Economy -- pt. 3. Race and citizenship -- pt. 4. Politics and institutions.
• Sommario/riassunto: New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles have long been shaped by immigration. These gateway cities have traditionally been assumed to be the major flashpoints in American debates over immigration policy-but the reality on the ground is proving different. Since the 1980's, new immigrants have increasingly settled in rural and suburban areas, particularly within the South. Couple this demographic change with an increase in unauthorized immigrants, and the rural South, once perhaps the most culturally and racially ""settled"" part of the country, now offers a window into the changing dynamics of...
• Titolo autorizzato: New destination dreaming
• ISBN: 0-8047-7752-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461562003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II