Last Best Place? Gender, Family, and Migration in the New West

Name: Last Best Place? Gender, Family, and Migration in the New West
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ISBN: 9780804792936

ISBN-10: 0804792933

ISBN-13: 9780804792936

Edition: 2014

Authors: Leah Schmalzbauer

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Southwest Montana is beautiful country, evoking mythologies of freedom and escape long associated with the West. Partly because of its burgeoning presence in popular culture, film, and literature, including William Kittredge's anthology The Last Best Place, the scarcely populated region has witnessed an influx of wealthy, white migrants over the last few decades. But another, largely invisible and unstudied type of migration is also present. Though Mexican migrants have worked on Montana's ranches and farms since the 1920s, increasing numbers of migrant familiesboth documented and undocumentedare moving to the area to support its growing construction and service sectors.The Last Best…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 8/27/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English