Because I Don't Have Wings: Stories of Mexican Immigrant Life
For Mexican workers, the agricultural valleys of the inland Northwest are a long way from home. But there they have established communities, settlements recent enough that it feels like these newly arrived immigrant mexicanos are pioneers, still getting used to the Anglos and to each other. This book looks at the inner lives of Mexican immigrants in a northwestern U.S. boomtown, a loose collection of families from Michoac n and surrounding states...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0816525250
ISBN13:9780816525256
Release Date:April 2006
Publisher:University of Arizona Press
Length:168 Pages
Weight:2.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.1" x 8.9"
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This one is the real deal. Philip Garrison is not talking about idealized images of a people. He is talking to the people who are moving from one culture to another and trying to make sense of it all. And Garrison is trying to make sense of their worldview. If you really want to get beyond the trite slogans about migrant labor, read this book.
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