Migration-trust networks : social cohesion in Mexican US-bound emigration / Nadia Yamel Flores-Yeffal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flores-Yeffal, Nadia Yamel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--Social networks--United States.

Immigrants.

Mexicans--Social networks--United States.

Mexicans.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

United States.

Mexico--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In an important new application of sociological theories, Nadia Y. Flores-Yeffal offers fresh insights into the ways in which social networks function among immigrants who arrive in the United States from Mexico without legal documentation. She asks and examines important questions about the commonalities and differences in networks for this group compared with other immigrants, and she identifies "trust" as a major component of networking among those who have little if any legal protection.Revealing the complexities behind social networks of international migration, Migration-

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-194) and index.

ISBN:

1-60344-963-9

OCLC:

841909868