| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 311 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface : ordinary families, extraordinary families -- Sacrifice -- Ofelia and Germán Cruz : migrant time versus child time -- Gender and parenting from afar -- Armando López on fatherhood -- Children and power during separation -- Middlewomen -- Cindy Rodríguez between two worlds -- Divided by borders. |
| Summary |
Since 2000, approximately 440,000 Mexicans have migrated to the United States every year. Tens of thousands have left children behind in Mexico to do so. For these parents, migration is a sacrifice. What do parents expect to accomplish by dividing their families across borders? How do families manage when they are living apart? More importantly, do parents' relocations yield the intended results? Probing the experiences of migrant parents, children in Mexico, and their caregivers, Joanna Dreby offers an up-close and personal account of the lives of families divided by borders. What she finds i. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Mexico -- Emigration and immigration.
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Mexico. |
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Emigration and immigration. |
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Mexicans -- Family relationships -- United States -- Case studies.
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Mexicans. |
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Families. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Emigrant remittances -- Mexico.
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Emigrant remittances. |
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Households -- Mexico.
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Households. |
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Marital conflict -- Case studies.
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Marital conflict. |
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Parent and child -- Case studies.
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Parent and child. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dreby, Joanna, 1976- Divided by borders. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010 9780520266605 (DLC) 2009018651 (OCoLC)361955298 |
| ISBN |
9780520945838 (electronic book) |
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0520945832 (electronic book) |
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0520266609 |
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9780520266605 |
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0520260902 |
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9780520260900 |
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1282422316 |
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9781282422315 |
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9786612422317 |
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6612422319 |
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9780520260887 cloth alkaline paper |
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0520260880 cloth alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9786612422317 |
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