American Dreaming : : Immigrant Life on the Margins / / Sarah J. Mahler.
American Dreaming chronicles in rich detail the struggles of immigrants who have fled troubled homelands in search of a better life in the United States, only to be marginalized by the society that they hoped would embrace them. Sarah Mahler draws from her experiences living among undocumented Salva...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021] ©1996 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (284 p.) :; 9 halftones, 3 maps, 8 tables |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- MAPS AND TABLES
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER TWO. LEAVING HOME
- CHAPTER THREE. THE TRIP AS PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION
- CHAPTER FOUR. GREAT EXPECTATIONS, EARLY DISILLUSIONMENTS
- CHAPTER FIVE. THE CONSTRUCTION OF MARGINALITY
- CHAPTER SIX. MAKING MONEY OFF THE MARGINS
- CHAPTER SEVEN. LUCRATIVE, LIMINAL LAW
- CHAPTER EIGHT. THE ENCARGADO INDUSTRY
- CHAPTER NINE. IMMIGRANTS AND THE AMERICAN DREAM
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR