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Being human, being migrant
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ISBN: 9781785332104 1785332104 1782380469 9781782380467 1782380450 9781782380450 Year: 2013 Volume: 23 Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] Berghahn Books

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Migrant experiences accentuate general aspects of the human condition. Therefore, this volume explores migrant's movements not only as geographical movements from here to there but also as movements that constitute an embodied, cognitive, and existential experience of living "in between" or on the "borderlands" between differently figured life-worlds. Focusing on memories, nostalgia, the here-and-now social experiences of daily living, and the hopes and dreams for the future, the volume demonstrates how all interact in migrants' and refugees' experience of identity and quest for well-being.

Gender and U.S. immigration : contemporary trends
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ISBN: 0520929861 9786612357060 1597346292 1282357069 9780520929869 9781597346290 0520225619 0520237390 9780520225619 9780520237391 9781282357068 6612357061 Year: 2003 Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press,

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Resurgent immigration is one of the most powerful forces disrupting and realigning everyday life in the United States and elsewhere, and gender is one of the fundamental social categories anchoring and shaping immigration patterns. Yet the intersection of gender and immigration has received little attention in contemporary social science literature and immigration research. This book brings together some of the best work in this area, including essays by pioneers who have logged nearly two decades in the field of gender and immigration, and new empirical work by both young scholars and well-established social scientists bringing their substantial talents to this topic for the first time.


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Skills of the "unskilled" : work and mobility among Mexican migrants
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ISBN: 0520959507 0520283724 1322871418 0520283732 9780520959507 9780520283725 9780520283732 Year: 2015 Publisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press,

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Most labor and migration studies classify migrants with limited formal education or credentials as "unskilled." Despite the value of migrants' work experiences and the substantial technical and interpersonal skills developed throughout their lives, the labor-market contributions of these migrants are often overlooked and their mobility pathways poorly understood. Skills of the "Unskilled" reports the findings of a five-year study that draws on research including interviews with 320 Mexican migrants and return migrants in North Carolina and Guanajuato, Mexico. The authors uncover these migrants' lifelong human capital and identify mobility pathways associated with the acquisition and transfer of skills across the migratory circuit, including reskilling, occupational mobility, job jumping, and entrepreneurship.

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