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Latino immigrants and the transformation of the U.S. South Cover Image Book

Latino immigrants and the transformation of the U.S. South / edited by Mary E. Odem and Elaine Lacy.

Odem, Mary E. (Added Author). Lacy, Elaine (Elaine Cantrell) (Added Author). Odem, Mary E., (editor.). Lacy, Elaine Cantrell, (editor.).

Summary:

This book is a collection of essays, written by U.S. and Mexican scholars, discussing how the mass migration of Latin Americans to the U.S. South has led to profound changes in the social, economic, and cultural life of the region.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0820329681
  • ISBN: 0820332127
  • ISBN: 9780820329680
  • ISBN: 9780820332123
  • Physical Description: xxvii, 175 pages : illustrations, krt. ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Athens, Ga. ; University of Georgia Press, cop. 2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Met lit. opg., index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1 Cultural Enclaves and Transnational Ties: Mexican Immigration and Settlement in South Carolina / Elaine Lacy 1 -- 2 New Scenarios of Migration: Social Vulnerability of Undocumented Veracruzanos in the Southern United States / Rosio Cordova Plaza 18 -- 3 Dalton Story: Mexican Immigration and Social Transformation in the Carpet Capital of the World / Victor Zuniga, Ruben Hernandez-Leon 34 -- 4 Globalization and Latin American Immigration in Alabama / Raymond A. Mohl 51 -- 5 Hispanic Newcomers to North Carolina: Demographic Characteristics and Economic Impact / James H. Johnson, John D. Kasarda 70 -- 6 Race, Migration, and Labor Control: Neoliberal Challenges to Organizing Mississippi's Poultry Workers / Angela C. Stuesse 91 -- 7 Latino Immigrants and the Politics of Space in Atlanta / Mary E. Odem 112 -- 8 New Americans in a New South City? Immigrant and Refugee Politics in Nashville, Tennessee / Jamie Winders 126 -- 9 Popular Attitudes and Public Policies: Southern Responses to Latino Immigration / Elaine Lacy, Mary E. Odem 143.

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Subject:
Latin Americans > Southern States.
Hispanic Americans > Southern States.
Immigrants > Southern States > Social conditions.
Foreign workers, Latin American > Southern States.
Latin America > Immigration and emigration.
Southern States > Immigration and emigration.

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