Brokered boundaries : creating immigrant identity in anti-immigrant times / Douglas S. Massey and Magaly Sánchez R.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Massey, Douglas S., author.

Sánchez, Magaly, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--United States.

Immigrants.

Assimilation (Sociology)--United States.

Assimilation (Sociology).

Identity (Psychology)--United States.

Identity (Psychology).

United States--Emigration and immigration.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2010]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Anti-immigrant sentiment reached a fever pitch after 9/11, but its origins go back much further.Public rhetoric aimed at exposing a so-called invasion of Latino immigrants has been gaining ground for more than three decades--and fueling increasingly restrictive federal immigration policy.Accompanied by a flagging U.S.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

About the Authors

Preface

Chapter 1. Constructing Immigrant Identity

Chapter 2. Roots and Motivations

Chapter 3. The Rise of Anti-Immigrant Times

Chapter 4. Worlds of Work

Chapter 5. Dreams and Disappointments

Chapter 6. Transnational Options

Chapter 7. Verbalizing Identity

Chapter 8. Visualizing Identity

Chapter 9. Identity, Integration, and the Future

Appendix A: Sampling, Interviewing, Coding, and Data Analysis

Appendix B: Information Sheet Presented to Potential Respondents

Appendix C: Interview Guide: First Generation

Appendix D: Interview Guide: Second Generation

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-291) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61044-666-6

OCLC:

821725565