Underground America - Narratives of Undocumented Lives

They arrive from around the world for countless reasons. Many come simply to make a living. Others are fleeing persecution in their native countries. Millions of immigrants risk deportation and imprisonment by living in the U.S. without legal status. They are living underground, with little protection from exploitation at the hands of human smugglers, employers, or law enforcement. Underground America, from the Voice of Witness series, presents the remarkable oral histories of women and men struggling to carve a life for themselves in the U.S.

About the author

Voice of Witness

Summary

Millions of immigrants risk deportation and imprisonment by living in the US without legal status. They are living underground, with little protection from exploitation at the hands of human smugglers, employers, or law enforcement. Underground America presents the remarkable oral histories of men and women struggling to carve a life for themselves in the US.

Additional text

"In a time when history is told in cheap television reenactments, if at all, and personal tragedy is gobbled up in rapidly digestible magazine photos and reality shows, this project goes against the grain."
-Guardian

"Bold and heartbreaking."
-Miami SunPost

"Average news-watchers who think they have a grasp on the immigration debate may well find these stories, speaking for millions of invisible American residents, no less than revelatory."
-Publisher's Weekly (starred review)

Report

"In a time when history is told in cheap television reenactments, if at all, and personal tragedy is gobbled up in rapidly digestible magazine photos and reality shows, this project goes against the grain."
- Guardian

"Bold and heartbreaking."
- Miami SunPost

"Average news-watchers who think they have a grasp on the immigration debate may well find these stories, speaking for millions of invisible American residents, no less than revelatory."
- Publisher's Weekly (starred review)

Product details

• Authors: Peter Orner, Luis Alberto Urrea, Voice of Witness, Voice of Witness
• Assisted by: Peter Orner (Editor), Orner Peter (Editor), Luis Alberto Urrea (Foreword), Urrea Luis Alberto (Foreword)
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.06.2017
• EAN: 9781786632272
• ISBN: 978-1-78663-227-2
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: Voice of Witness; Voice of Witness
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Refugees and political asylum, Political oppression & persecution, Political oppression and persecution, Refugees & Political Asylum