Undocumented fears : immigration and the politics of divide and conquer in Hazleton, Pennsylvania / Jamie Longazel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Longazel, Jamie, author.

Contributor:

James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hazleton (Pa.). Illegal Immigration Relief Act.

Hazleton (Pa.).

Latin Americans--Pennsylvania--Hazleton--Social conditions--21st century.

Latin Americans.

Immigrants--Pennsylvania--Hazleton--Social conditions--21st century.

Immigrants.

Noncitizens--Pennsylvania--Hazleton--Social conditions--21st century.

Noncitizens.

Ethnic conflict.

History.

Language policy.

Social conditions.

Pennsylvania--Hazleton.

Noncitizens--Pennsylvania--Hazleton--History--21st century.

Illegal immigration--Pennsylvania--Hazleton--History--21st century.

Illegal immigration.

Language policy--Pennsylvania--Hazleton--History--21st century.

Ethnic conflict--Pennsylvania--Hazleton--History--21st century.

Hazleton (Pa.)--Ethnic relations--History--21st century.

Hazleton (Pa.)--Politics and government--21st century.

Hazleton (Pa.)--Emigration and immigration--Political aspects--History--21st century.

Physical Description:

xvii, 204 pages : illustration ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2016.

Summary:

"This book is about the politics surrounding Hazleton, Pennsylvania's 2006 passage of the Illegal Immigration Relief Act (IIRA), a local ordinance that laid out penalties for renting to or hiring undocumented immigrants and declared English the city's official language"--Preface.

Contents:

Introduction: Local "Latino Threat" and the Politics of Divide and Conquer

The Political Economy of Backlash

"The straw that broke the camel's back"

Lozano v. Hazleton and the Defense of White Innocence

"All we can do is show them we are a respectable bunch"

Conclusion: Recovering Authenticity

Appendix A: Data and Methods

Appendix B: Full Text of the Illegal Immigration Relief Act (IIRA).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-198) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781439912683

9781439912676

143991267X

1439912688

OCLC:

921868318

Publisher Number:

99966987249