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1 online resource (185 pages) |
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The New Americans: Recent Immigration and American Society |
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New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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| Contents |
List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1: Introduction; Rationale; CHAPTER 2: Socio-Historical Context of Honduran Migrants'Journeys; Honduran Migration: Brief History and Contemporary Context; Migrant Home Communities; Coyotes; What is Known about Honduran Journeys; Across Mexico; The U.S.-Mexico Border; U.S. Immigration Policies and Border Enforcement; CHAPTER 3: Psycho-social Theoretical Framework; CHAPTER 4: Research Design and Data Analysis; Research Setting: Copán Ruinas, Honduras; Data Collection; Ethical Issues; Participants; Analysis |
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Bringing the Data TogetherCHAPTER 5: Public Narratives: Hondura Newspapers and TV; Newspaper Narratives; 2004 Public Narratives Summary; 2006 Public Narratives Summary; Discussion; CHAPTER 6: Constructing Collective Narrative -- Script of the Journey; Successful Journey; Unsuccessful Journey; Discussion/Significance; Summary; CHAPTER 7: Individual Experiences and Making of the Selfthrough Narration; Case study: Conchetta, a female migrant who reached herdestination in the U.S; Case study: Paulo, a male migrant who did not reach his U.S.destination; High Points of other Migrants |
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Comparison of High PointsDiscussion/Significance; CHAPTER 8: Conclusions; Narration and the Self; System of Undocumented Migration and its Constituents; Access to Finances; Coyotes; Mexico; More on Policy and Policing in Mexico and Central America; Assistance to Migrants; U.S.-Mexico Border; Implications for Further Research; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Sládková explores undocumented Honduran migration to the United States through interviews with Honduran migrants who made the crossing through Mexico and across the guarded border to the U.S. She examines the factors that contribute to their success or failure: access to finances, ability to hire a coyote, means of transport in Mexico, encounters with Mexican police and immigration. Mexico is the most difficult part of the journey for Honduran migrants. Many are injured or die in the hands of gangs, police, and from freight trains they travel on top of. The U.S.-Mexico border presents only the |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Hondurans -- United States.
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Immigrants -- United States.
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Migrant labor -- United States
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Noncitizens -- United States.
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Illegal immigration -- United States
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Noncitizens
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Illegal immigration
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Emigration and immigration -- Psychological aspects
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Hondurans
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Immigrants
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Migrant labor
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United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Psychological aspects
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Honduras -- Emigration and immigration -- Psychological aspects
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Honduras
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781593326487 |
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1593326483 |
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