Brokered Boundaries Immigrant Identity in Anti-Immigrant Times

Name: Brokered Boundaries Immigrant Identity in Anti-Immigrant Times
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ISBN: 9780871545800

ISBN-10: 0871545802

ISBN-13: 9780871545800

Edition: 2010

Authors: Douglas S. Massey, Magaly Sanchez R.

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Anti-immigrant sentiment reached a fever pitch after 9/11, but its origins go back much further. Public rhetoric aimed at exposing a so-called invasion of Latino immigrants has been gaining ground for more than three decades-and fueling increasingly restrictive federal immigration policy. Accompanied by a flagging U.S. economy-record-level joblessness, bankruptcy, and income inequality-as well as waning consumer confidence, these conditions signaled one of the most hostile environments for immigrants in recent memory. In Brokered Boundaries, Douglas Massey and Magaly Sanchez untangle the complex political, social, and economic conditions underlying the rise of xenophobia in U.S. society.…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Publication date: 3/29/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 316
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



About the Authors


Preface



Constructing Immigrant Identity



Roots and Motivations



The Rise of Anti-Immigrant Times



Worlds of Work



Dreams and Disappointments



Transactional Options



Verbalizing Identity



Visualizing Identity



Identity, Integration, and the Future



Sampling, Interviewing, Coding, and Data Analysis



Information Sheet Presented to Potential Respondents



Interview Guide: First Generation



Interview Guide: Second Generation


References


Index