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1 online resource (ix, 189 pages) : illustrations. |
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Florida language |
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text file |
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Project MUSE.
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
From back burner to center stage: How Jupiter's melting pot boiled over -- The immigrant community in Jupiter: From migrants to mobilized -- Debating a community resource center -- El Sol in the sunshine state -- The El Sol family -- Local solutions and implications fro the national immigration debate. |
| Summary |
"Across the United States, the issue of immigration has generated rancorous debate and divided communities. Many states and municipalities have passed restrictive legislation that erodes any sense of community. Against the Tide tells the story of Jupiter, Florida, a coastal town of approximately 50,000 that has taken a different path. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Jupiter was in the throes of immigration debates. A decade earlier, this small town had experienced an influx of migrants from Mexico and Guatemala. Immigrants seeking work gathered daily on one of the city's main streets, creating an ad-hoc, open-air labor market that generated complaints and health and human safety concerns. What began as a local debate rapidly escalated as Jupiter's situation was thrust into the media spotlight and attracted the attention of state and national anti-immigrant groups. But then something unexpected happened: immigrants, neighborhood residents, university faculty and students, and town representatives joined together to mediate community tensions and successfully moved the informal labor market to the new El Sol Neighborhood Resource Center. Timothy J. Steigenga, who helped found the center, and Lazo de la Vega, who organized students in support of its mission, describe how El Sol engaged the residents of Jupiter in a two-way process of immigrant integration and helped build trust on both sides. By examining one city's search for a positive public policy solution, Against the Tide offers valuable practical lessons for other communities confronting similar challenges."--Publisher's website. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Immigrants -- Florida -- Jupiter -- Social conditions.
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Immigrants. |
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Florida -- Jupiter. |
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Social conditions. |
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Immigrants -- Services for -- Florida -- Jupiter.
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Immigrants -- Services for. |
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Day laborers -- Services for -- Florida -- Jupiter.
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Day laborers. |
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Wong, Jupiter. |
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Community centers -- Florida -- Jupiter.
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Community centers. |
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Jupiter (Fla.) -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Steigenga, Timothy J., 1965-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lazo de la Vega, Sandra. Against the tide. Madison, Wis. : The University of Wisconsin Press, c2013 9780299291044 (DLC) 2012018534 (OCoLC)793221854 |
| ISBN |
0299291030 electronic book |
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9780299291037 electronic book |
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9780299291044 paperback alkaline paper |
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0299291049 paperback alkaline paper |
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9781299384538 |
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1299384536 |
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