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1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-215) and index. |
| Contents |
List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Voice and Power of Undocumented Youths, an Unlikely Story; Chapter 1. Finding Political Openings in a Hostile Country; Chapter 2. The Birth of the DREAMer; Chapter 3. Taking a Stand; Chapter 4. Rebirth from the Grassroots Up; Chapter 5. Undocumented, Unafraid, Unapologetic; Chapter 6. DREAMers and the Immigrant Rights Movement; Conclusion: Dreaming Through the Nation-state; Appendix; Notes; References; Index. |
| Summary |
On May 17, 2010, four undocumented students occupied the Arizona office of Senator John McCain. Across the country a flurry of occupations, hunger strikes, demonstrations, and marches followed, calling for support of the DREAM Act that would allow these young people the legal right to stay in the United States. The highly public, confrontational nature of these actions marked a sharp departure from more subdued, anonymous forms of activism of years past. The DREAMers provides the first investigation of the youth movement that has transformed the national immigration debate. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Rider University Libraries acknowledges the biased and pejorative nature of the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) “Aliens” “Alien…” and "Illegal aliens" to refer to noncitizens and undocumented immigrants, respectively--and the harm it causes. While a change in terminology was approved by the Library of Congress in 2016, it was not enacted due to opposition by the 115th Congress (2017). As Rider University Libraries uses LCSH as its standard vocabulary, we are currently investigating how to best enact alternative terminology that will still ensure access to all materials on this topic. |
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Illegal immigration -- Political activity -- United States.
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Illegal immigration. |
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Political participation. |
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United States. |
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Immigrant youth -- Civil rights -- United States.
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Immigrant youth. |
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Civil rights. |
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Immigrant youth -- Political activity -- United States.
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Immigrants -- Civil rights -- United States.
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Immigrants -- Civil rights. |
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Immigrants. |
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Youth protest movements -- United States.
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Youth protest movements. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nicholls, Walter. DREAMers. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2013] 9780804787031 (DLC) 2013011191 (OCoLC)830992881 |
| ISBN |
9780804788694 (electrionic bks) |
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0804788693 (electrionic bks) |
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9780804788847 (paperback) |
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9780804787031 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0804787034 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0804788847 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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