Fragmented ties : Salvadoran immigrant networks in America / Cecilia Menjívar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Menjívar, Cecilia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Salvadoran Americans--Social networks--California--San Francisco.

Salvadoran Americans.

Immigrants--Social networks--California--San Francisco.

Immigrants.

Salvadoran Americans--California--San Francisco--Social conditions.

Immigrants--California--San Francisco--Social conditions.

San Francisco (Calif.)--Emigration and immigration.

San Francisco (Calif.).

San Francisco (Calif.)--Social conditions.

El Salvador--Emigration and immigration.

El Salvador.

Emigration and immigration.

Immigrants--Social conditions.

Immigrants--Social networks.

Social conditions.

California--San Francisco.

Physical Description:

xviii, 301 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000.

Summary:

This text gives a detailed account of the inner workings of the networks by which immigrants leave their homes in Central America to start new lives in the Mission District of San Francisco.

Contents:

1. The Structure of Opportunities, Social Networks, and Social Position

2. Background to Migration

3. The Long Journey through Mexico

4. The Context of Reception in the United States

5. The Dynamics of Social Networks

6. Gendered Networks

7. Informal Exchanges and Intergenerational Relations

8. Immigrant Social Networks and the Receiving Context

App. A. Crossing Boundaries: A Personal Note on Research.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-291) and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

Other Format:

Online version: Menjívar, Cecilia. Fragmented ties.

ISBN:

0520222105

9780520222106

0520222113

9780520222113

OCLC:

43561609

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