The Salvadoran Americans / Carlos B. Cordova.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cordova, Carlos B.

Series:

New Americans (Westport, Conn.)

The New Americans, 1092-6364

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--United States--Social conditions.

Immigrants.

Salvadoran Americans.

Salvadoran Americans--Social conditions.

El Salvador--Emigration and immigration.

El Salvador.

United States--Emigration and immigration.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Salvadorans and other Central Americans have a strong presence in the United States because of the recent civil wars, natural disasters, and resulting economic downturns in the region. Most fled the right-wing death squads that were funded by the Reagan and first Bush Administrations and that targeted civilian populations in the 1980s and 1990s. The war in El Salvador left more than 80,000 people dead and more than 9,000 disappeared. In The Salvadoran Americans, readers will understand the fuller context of Salvadoran and Central American immigration to the United States and how these new Amer

Contents:

Contents; Tables; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; PART I: BACKGROUND; PART II: COMING TO THE UNITED STATES AND STATUS; PART III: ADJUSTMENT AND ADAPTATION; Appendix 1: Notable Salvadorans in the United States; Appendix 2: Salvadoran Immigration to the United States by Year; Glossary of Commonly Used Salvadoran Words; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-172) and index.

ISBN:

9798216010685

9786612418037

9781282418035

1282418033

9780313062926

0313062927

OCLC:

62320584