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Seeking Community in a Global City: Guatemalans and Salvadorans in Los Angeles

Inglese · Copertina rigida

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Driven by the pressures of poverty and civil strife at home, large numbers of Central Americans came to the Los Angeles area during the 1980's. Neither purely economic migrants, though they were in search of stable work, nor official refugees, although they carried the scars of war and persecution, Guatemalans and Salvadorans were even denied the aid given to refugees such as Cubans and Vietnamese. In addition, these immigrants sought refuge in a city undergoing massive economic and demographic shifts of its own. The result was -- and is -- a complex interaction that will help to reconceptualize the migration experience.Based on twenty years of work with the Los Angeles Central American community and filled with facts, figures, and personal narratives, Seeking Community in a Global City presents this saga from many perspectives. The authors examine the forces in Central America that sent thousands of people streaming across international borders. They discuss economic, political, and demographic changes in the Los Angeles region and the difficulties the new immigrants faced in negotiating a new, urban environment. They look at family roles, networking, work strategies, and inter-ethnic relations. But they also consider policy issues and alliances, changing expectations, shifting priorities, and the reciprocal effect of the migrants and the city on each other.

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CONTENTS

List of Maps and Tables
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Origins and Patterns of Central American Migration
3. Negotiating the Urban Scene
4. The Struggle for Survival: Working in Los Angeles
5. Seeking Justice, Challenging Policy
6. The 1990s: Changing Contexts, Shifting Expectations
7. Organizing Locally and Transnationally: Changing Priorities, Strategies, and Alliances
8. The Elusive Community: Salvadorans and Guatemalans in Los Angeles
Appendix A: Chronology of Events
Appendix B: Partial List of Informants
Notes
References
Index


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Nora Hamilton is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Southern California.

Norma Stoltz Chinchilla is Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at California State University, Long Beach. They have both published extensively on the Central American immigrant experience.


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Driven by the pressures of poverty and civil strife at home, large numbers of Central Americans came to the Los Angeles area during the 1980s. This title examines the forces in Central America that sent thousands of people streaming across international borders. It discusses economic, political, and demographic changes in the Los Angeles region.

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Autori Norma Stoltz Chinchilla, Nora Hamilton
Editore Temple University Press
 
Lingue Inglese
Formato Copertina rigida
Pubblicazione 01.07.2001
 
EAN 9781566398671
ISBN 978-1-56639-867-1
Pagine 292
Dimensioni 162 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
Peso 526 g
Categorie Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche
Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni

Kalifornien, 1980 bis 1989 n. Chr., Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, Amerikanische Geschichte, Städte, Stadtgemeinden, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Zentralamerika (inklusive Mexiko)

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