Patricia L. Goerman

The Promised Land?

The Lives and Voices of Hispanic Immigrants in the New South

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Produktbeschreibung

Through analysis of in-depth interviews with seventy-three Hispanic immigrants in Central Virginia, this book offers a rare in-depth look at the views and circumstances of immigrants in a new receiving area. It provides an examination of the new migration trend including an analysis of immigrants' living and working conditions, their family life, and their plans for the future.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 405g
• ISBN-13: 9780415977746
• ISBN-10: 0415977746
• Artikelnr.: 22200063

Autorenporträt

Patricia Goerman is currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the United States Census Bureau. Her most recent publication is a chapter in Complex Ethnic Householdsin America.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Introduction: Globalization and the Dispersal of Immigrants to
Non-Traditional Receiving Areas in the United StatesChapter 2. Central
Virginia: A Promised Land for New Latino Immigrants?Chapter 3. Troubles in
the Promised Land: Complex Household Living as a Temporary Survival
Strategy in Central VirginiaChapter 4. One Step Forward, Two steps Back:
Gendered Experiences of Work and Family Life in Central VirginiaChapter 5.
Permanent Settlement or a Temporary Stay?: The Future of the Hispanic
Community in Central VirginiaChapter 6. The Promised Land As a Relative
Concept: Public Policy Concerns for the FutureBibliographyAppendix A