Hidden in the heartland [[electronic resource] ] : the new wave of immigrants and the challenge to America / / Nancy Brown Diggs
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Diggs Nancy Brown
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Hidden in the heartland [[electronic resource] ] : the new wave of immigrants and the challenge to America / / Nancy Brown Diggs
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| Pubblicazione: | East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.9/069120973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Migrant labor - United States - History - 21st century |
| Human rights - United States - History - 21st century | |
| 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: | Getting here -- Working here -- Strangers in a strange land -- Living here -- Community reaction -- Law and disorder -- Looking back -- Mexico -- Other countries -- The good news. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | As other teens returned home from school, thirteen-year-old José Silva headed for work at a restaurant, where he would remain until 2:00 a.m. Francisca Herrera, a tomato picker, was exposed to pesticides while she was pregnant and gave birth to a baby without arms or legs. Silva and Herrera immigrated illegally to the United States, and their experiences are far from unique. In this comprehensive, balanced overview of the immigration crisis, Nancy Brown Diggs examines the abusive, unethical conditions under which many immigrants work, and explores how what was once a border problem now exte |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Hidden in the heartland |
| ISBN: | 1-62895-081-1 |
| 1-60917-132-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910457653103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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