New Destination Dreaming Immigration, Race, and Legal Status in the Rural American South

Name: New Destination Dreaming Immigration, Race, and Legal Status in the Rural American South
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ISBN: 9780804773089

ISBN-10: 0804773084

ISBN-13: 9780804773089

Edition: 2011

Authors: Helen Marrow

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List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 3/31/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 392
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English

Helen B. Marrow is a Lecturer, Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard University.



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Immigrant Incorporation in Rural New Destinations



Geography



ï¿½I'm a Person Who Likes Tranquility a Lotï¿½: Southern Region and Rural Space in the Hispanic Newcomer Experience



Economy



ï¿½The Americans Give You the Opportunity to Work and Growï¿½: Stability and Short-Distance Mobility in the New Rural Southern Economy



ï¿½It's Not Like If You Work in a Big Place and You Can Move up the Ladderï¿½: Insecurity and Stagnation in the Old Rural Southern Economy



Race and Citizenship



ï¿½The Blacks Don't Like Us, and It's Worse Than with the Whitesï¿½: Class Structure, Black Population Size, and the Threat of Social Leapfrogging



ï¿½The White Americans Have Always Been Very Friendlyï¿½: Discrimination, Racial Expectations, and Moral Hierarchies in the Black-White Binary



Politics and Institutions



ï¿½We're Here to Serve Our Residentsï¿½: Service-Inspired Responsiveness to Hispanic Newcomers in Education and Health



ï¿½If I Didn't Trust You Before, I Don't Even Want to See You Nowï¿½: Regulatory Ambivalence in Law Enforcement and the Courts


Conclusion: Promises and Pitfalls in the Rural American South


Appendix: Terminology and Methodology


Notes


References


Index