Gendered transitions : Mexican experiences of immigration / Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo

Author: Hondagneu-Sotelo, Pierrette
Published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, [1994]
Copyright Date: ©1994
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 258 pages)

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Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Table Of Study Participants -- 1. Immigration, Gender, And Settlement -- 2. The History Of Mexican Undocumented Settlement In The United States -- 3. The Oakview Barrio -- 4. Gendered Transitions -- 5. Reconstructing Gender Through Immigration And Settlement -- 6. Women Consolidating Settlement -- 7. Gendered Immigration -- Notes -- References -- Index

Summary

The momentous influx of Mexican undocumented workers into the United States over the last decades has spurred new ways of thinking about immigration. Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo's incisive book enlarges our understanding of these recently arrived Americans.

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9780520911529 (ebook)
0520911520
0585288968 (electronic bk.)
9780585288963 (electronic bk.)
9780520075139 (alk. paper)
9780520075146 (pbk.)
0520075137 (alk. paper)
0520075145 (pbk.)
1282355945
9781282355941

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-253) and index.

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