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Author:
Martínez, Isabel, 1979- author.
Title:
Becoming transnational youth workers : independent Mexican teenage migrants and pathways of survival and social mobility / Isabel Martinez.
Publisher:
Rutgers University Press,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
vii, 263 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Foreign workers--United States.
Foreign workers--Mexico.
Teenage immigrants--United States.
Teenage immigrants--Mexico.
Mexican-American Border Region--History.
Foreign workers.
Teenage immigrants.
Mexico.
North America--Mexican-American Border Region.
United States.
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-255) and index.
Contents:
In the shadows of skyscrapers and ivory towers -- "Giving my family a better future" : familism and interdependence across borders -- "We all come young" : the migration of Mexican independent teenage migrants -- Pushed or jumped? School going, school leaving, and school returning -- From campos to kitchens : becoming immigrant workers -- Between becoming and being adults.
Series:
Latinidad
ISBN:
0813589800
9780813589800
0813589797
9780813589794
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1052902026
LCCN:
2018032220
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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