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New destination dreaming : immigration, race, and legal status in the rural American South / Helen B. Marrow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marrow, Helen B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hispanic Americans--Southern States--Social conditions.
- Hispanic Americans.
- Hispanic Americans--Legal status, laws, etc--Southern States.
- Latin Americans--Southern States--Social conditions.
- Latin Americans.
- Latin Americans--Legal status, laws, etc--Southern States.
- Immigrants--Southern States--Social conditions.
- Immigrants.
- Southern States--Emigration and immigration.
- Southern States.
- Southern States--Rural conditions.
- Southern States--Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (387 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles have long been shaped by immigration. These gateway cities have traditionally been assumed to be the major flashpoints in American debates over immigration policy-but the reality on the ground is proving different. Since the 1980's, new immigrants have increasingly settled in rural and suburban areas, particularly within the South. Couple this demographic change with an increase in unauthorized immigrants, and the rural South, once perhaps the most culturally and racially ""settled"" part of the country, now offers a window into the changing dynamics of...
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Geography
- pt. 2. Economy
- pt. 3. Race and citizenship
- pt. 4. Politics and institutions.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780804777520
- 0804777527
- OCLC:
- 726734857
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