Divided by borders :: Mexican migrants and their children /

Since 2000, approximately 440,000 Mexicans have migrated to the United States every year. Tens of thousands have left children behind in Mexico to do so. For these parents, migration is a sacrifice. What do parents expect to accomplish by dividing their families across borders? How do families manag...

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1. Verfasser: Dreby, Joanna, 1976-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010.
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Zusammenfassung:Since 2000, approximately 440,000 Mexicans have migrated to the United States every year. Tens of thousands have left children behind in Mexico to do so. For these parents, migration is a sacrifice. What do parents expect to accomplish by dividing their families across borders? How do families manage when they are living apart? More importantly, do parents' relocations yield the intended results? Probing the experiences of migrant parents, children in Mexico, and their caregivers, Joanna Dreby offers an up-close and personal account of the lives of families divided by borders. What she finds i.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxi, 311 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520945838
0520945832
1282422316
9781282422315
9786612422317
6612422319

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