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1 online resource (305 pages) |
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Cover; Cover; Contents; Contents; Acknowledgments; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Abbreviations; Introduction: Crossing Borders and Boundaries in the Hispanic Caribbean; Introduction: Crossing Borders and Boundaries in the Hispanic Caribbean; CHAPTER ONE: Rethinking Transnationalism: Conceptual, Theoretical, and Practical Problems; CHAPTER ONE: Rethinking Transnationalism: Conceptual, Theoretical, and Practical Problems; CHAPTER TWO: In the Entrails of the Monster: A Historical Overview of Hispanic Caribbean Migration to the United States. |
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CHAPTER TWO: In the Entrails of the Monster: A Historical Overview of Hispanic Caribbean Migration to the United StatesCHAPTER THREE: The Contemporary Hispanic Caribbean Diasporas: A Comparative Approach; CHAPTER THREE: The Contemporary Hispanic Caribbean Diasporas: A Comparative Approach; CHAPTER FOUR: A Transnational Colonial Migration: Puerto Rico's Farm Labor Program; CHAPTER FOUR: A Transnational Colonial Migration: Puerto Rico's Farm Labor Program; CHAPTER FIVE: The Orlando Ricans: Overlapping Identity Discourses among Middle-Class Puerto Rican Immigrants. |
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CHAPTER FIVE: The Orlando Ricans: Overlapping Identity Discourses among Middle-Class Puerto Rican ImmigrantsCHAPTER SIX: Revisiting the Exception: The Cuban Diaspora from a Transnational Perspective; CHAPTER SIX: Revisiting the Exception: The Cuban Diaspora from a Transnational Perspective; CHAPTER SEVEN: Beyond the Rafters: Recent Trends and Projections in Cuban Migration; CHAPTER SEVEN: Beyond the Rafters: Recent Trends and Projections in Cuban Migration; CHAPTER EIGHT: Los Países Transnational Migration from the Dominican Republic. |
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CHAPTER EIGHT: Los Países Transnational Migration from the Dominican RepublicCHAPTER NINE: The Dominican Diaspora to Puerto Rico: A Transnational Perspective; CHAPTER NINE: The Dominican Diaspora to Puerto Rico: A Transnational Perspective; CHAPTER TEN: Transnational Crossroads: The Circulation of People and Money in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic; CHAPTER TEN: Transnational Crossroads: The Circulation of People and Money in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic; Conclusion: How Do Borders Blur?; Conclusion: How Do Borders Blur?; Notes; Notes; Works Cited; Works Cited; Index; Index. |
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Chronicling these diasporas from the end of World War II to the present, Duany argues that each sending country's relationship to the United States shapes the transnational experience for each migrant group, from legal status and migratory patterns to work activities and the connections migrants retain with their home countries. Blending extensive ethnographic, archival, and survey research, Duany proposes that contemporary migration challenges the traditional concept of the nation-state. Increasing numbers of immigrants and their descendents lead what Duany calls "bifocal" lives, br. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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West Indians -- United States.
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West Indians. |
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United States. |
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West Indians -- Puerto Rico.
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Puerto Rico. |
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Transnationalism.
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Transnationalism. |
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Caribbean Area -- Emigration and immigration.
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Caribbean Area. |
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Emigration and immigration. |
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United States -- Emigration and immigration.
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Puerto Rico -- Emigration and immigration.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Duany, Jorge. Blurred Borders : Transnational Migration between the Hispanic Caribbean and the United States. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, ©2011 9780807834978 |
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9780807869376 (electronic book) |
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0807869376 (electronic book) |
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9781469602790 (electronic book) |
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1469602792 (electronic book) |
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9780807834978 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0807834971 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807872031 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0807872032 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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