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

• Autore: Flores-Yeffal Nadia Yamel
• Pubblicazione: College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.873072
• Soggetto topico: Immigrants - Social networks - United States; Mexicans - Social networks - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Emigration and immigration Social aspects; Mexico Emigration and immigration Social aspects
• 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-
• Titolo autorizzato: Migration-trust networks
• ISBN: 1-60344-963-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786703503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II