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Author:
Hellman, Judith Adler.
Title:
The world of Mexican migrants : the rock and the hard place / Judith Adler Hellman.
Publisher:
Distributed by W. W. Norton & Co.,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
xxiv, 256 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Mexican Americans--Interviews.
Immigrants--United States--Interviews.
Mexicans--Interviews.
Mexican Americans--Social conditions--Anecdotes.
Immigrants--United States--Social conditions--Anecdotes.
Migrant labor--United States--Anecdotes.
Migrant labor--Mexico--Anecdotes.
United States--Emigration and immigration--Anecdotes.
Mexico--Emigration and immigration--Anecdotes.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
1: The rock -- Beto: those not with us -- Nopal verde: the life of a town -- San Rafael: a life of cooperation -- Marta: the tyranny of in-laws -- Dolores: "we only speak on Sundays" -- 2: The journey -- Tomás: traveling in style -- Elena: "absolutely still" -- Angel: cat and mouse -- Fernando: "a snake's breakfast" -- The Tucson consulate -- No more deaths -- Shanti and Daniel -- "Walking around, living their lives" -- 3: The hard place -- Carlos: names and networks -- Sara: "ten words in ten years" -- Francisco: the hardest place -- 4: To stay or to return home -- Julio: a quick exit -- Manuel: life after amnesty -- Patricia: weighing the good and the bad.
ISBN:
159558448X (pbk)
9781595584489 (pbk)
1565848381 (hc.)
9781565848382 (hc.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)163592701
LCCN:
2007028947
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)
URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)
BGPE251 -- Perry Public Library (Perry)
OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)
WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)
UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)
HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

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