Beyond the borderlands : migration and belonging in the United States and Mexico /
Over the last three decades, migration from Mexico to the United States has moved beyond the borderlands to diverse communities across the country, with the most striking transformations in American suburbs and small towns. This study explores the challenges encountered by Mexican families as they e...
| Main Author: | Lattanzi Shutika, Debra, 1964- |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
℗♭2011.
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| Online Access: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=380293 |
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Beyond the borderlands. |
| Summary: |
Over the last three decades, migration from Mexico to the United States has moved beyond the borderlands to diverse communities across the country, with the most striking transformations in American suburbs and small towns. This study explores the challenges encountered by Mexican families as they endeavor to find their place in the U.S. by focusing on Kennett Square, a small farming village in Pennsylvania known as the "Mushroom Capital of the World." In a highly readable account based on extensive fieldwork among Mexican migrants and their American neighbors, Debra Lattanzi Shutika explores. |
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xi, 299 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780520950238 0520950232 1283278472 9781283278478 |