Patricia L. Goerman

The Promised Land? (eBook, PDF)

The Lives and Voices of Hispanic Immigrants in the New South

• Format: PDF

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: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135516727
• Artikelnr.: 39909393

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 Households in 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