Getting ahead :: social mobility, public housing, and immigrant networks /

Getting Ahead tells the compelling stories of Latin-American immigrant women living in public housing in two Boston-area neighborhoods. Silvia Domínguez argues that these immigrant women parlay social ties that provide support and leverage to develop networks and achieve social positioning to get a...

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1. Verfasser: Domínguez, Silvia, 1961-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : New York University Press, 2011.
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Zusammenfassung:Getting Ahead tells the compelling stories of Latin-American immigrant women living in public housing in two Boston-area neighborhoods. Silvia Domínguez argues that these immigrant women parlay social ties that provide support and leverage to develop networks and achieve social positioning to get ahead. Through a rich ethnographic account and in-depth interviews, the strong voices of these women demonstratehow they successfully negotiate the world and achieve social mobility through their own individual agency, skillfullynavigating both constraints and opportunities. Domínguez makes it clear t.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (viii, 269 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-258) and index.
ISBN:9780814721216
0814721214
9780814785072
0814785077

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