American Value - Migrants, Money, and Meaning in El Salvador and the United States

Zusammenfassung El Salvador emerged from a brutal civil war in 1992 to find much of its national income coming from a massive emigrant workforce that earns money in the US. This book examines this new way of life as it extends across two places: Intipuca! a Salvadoran town! and the Washington! DC! home to the second largest population Salvadorans in the US.

Product details

• Authors: David Pedersen, Pedersen David
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2013
• EAN: 9780226653402
• ISBN: 978-0-226-65340-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning; Chicago Studies in Practices o; Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; USA, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, El Salvador, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Sociology: work & labour, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, Sociology: work and labour, Hispanic & Latino Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General