The Xaripu community across borders : labor, migration, community, and family

Author/Creator:: Barajas, Manuel, 1968-
Publication/Creation:: Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2009
Format:: Book
Edition:: 1st ed.

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Full Title:: The Xaripu community across borders : labor, migration, community, and family / Manuel Barajas
Series Titles:: Latino perspectives
Latino perspectives.

Subjects:: Indians of Mexico--California--Social conditions
Mexican Americans--California--Social conditions
Foreign workers--California
Transnationalism
Michoacán de Ocampo (Mexico)--Emigration and immigration

Table of Contents:: Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Theoretical Perspectives on Labor Migration; Chapter Three: A Social-Historical Context of Xaripu's Land Displacement and Labor Migration Experience; Chapter Four: The Logic of Colonialism in Modern Labor Relations; Chapter Five: Haciendo Comunidad across Borders; Chapter Six: The Family across Borders; Chapter Seven: A Pueblo's Search for Empowerment across Borders; Appendix; Notes; Works Cited; index
Bibliography:: Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-308) and index.
Summary:: The Xaripu Community across Borders presents the first cross-national, comparative study that examines a Mexican-origin community's experience with international migration and transnationalism.
Language:: English
Language Note:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 1 online resource (336 p.)
General Note:: Description based upon print version of record.