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Blurred borders : transnational migration between the Hispanic Caribbean and the United States / Jorge Duany.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Duany, Jorge.
- Series:
- New Cold War history.
- The new Cold War history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- West Indians--United States.
- West Indians.
- West Indians--Puerto Rico.
- Transnationalism.
- Caribbean Area--Emigration and immigration.
- Caribbean Area.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- United States.
- Puerto Rico--Emigration and immigration.
- Puerto Rico.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Even as nations attempt to draw their boundaries more clearly, the ceaseless movement of transnational migrants requires the rethinking of conventional equations between birthplace and residence, identity and citizenship, borders and boundaries.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Crossing Borders and Boundaries in the Hispanic Caribbean
- CHAPTER ONE: Rethinking Transnationalism: Conceptual, Theoretical, and Practical Problems
- CHAPTER TWO: In the Entrails of the Monster: A Historical Overview of Hispanic Caribbean Migration to the United States
- CHAPTER THREE: The Contemporary Hispanic Caribbean Diasporas: A Comparative Approach
- CHAPTER FOUR: A Transnational Colonial Migration: Puerto Rico's Farm Labor Program
- CHAPTER FIVE: The Orlando Ricans: Overlapping Identity Discourses among Middle-Class Puerto Rican Immigrants
- CHAPTER SIX: Revisiting the Exception: The Cuban Diaspora from a Transnational Perspective
- CHAPTER SEVEN: Beyond the Rafters: Recent Trends and Projections in Cuban Migration
- CHAPTER EIGHT: Los Países Transnational Migration from the Dominican Republic
- CHAPTER NINE: The Dominican Diaspora to Puerto Rico: A Transnational Perspective
- CHAPTER TEN: Transnational Crossroads: The Circulation of People and Money in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic
- Conclusion: How Do Borders Blur?
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-9313-024-9
- 979-88-908406-0-8
- 1-4696-0279-2
- 0-8078-6937-6
- OCLC:
- 754582760
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