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In a comprehensive treatment of Salvadoran immigration, this text gives a detailed account of the inner workings of the networks by which immigrants leave their homes in Central America to start new lives in the Mission District of of San Francisco.

Table of Contents
List of Tables
Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Structure of Opportunities, Social Networks,
and Social Position
2. Background to Migration
3· The Long Journey through Mexico
4· The Context of Reception in the United States
5· The Dynamics of Social Networks
6. Gendered Networks
7· Informal Exchanges and Intergenerational Relations
8. Immigrant Social Networks and the Receiving Context

Appendix A. Crossing Boundaries: A Personal Note on Research
Appendix B. Study Participants
Notes
References
Index

Map

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 7/3/2000 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780520222113, 978-0520222113
      ISBN10: 0520222113
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In a comprehensive treatment of Salvadoran immigration, this text gives a detailed account of the inner workings of the networks by which immigrants leave their homes in Central America to start new lives in the Mission District of of San Francisco.

      Table of Contents
      List of Tables
      Acknowledgments

      Introduction

      1. The Structure of Opportunities, Social Networks,
      and Social Position
      2. Background to Migration
      3· The Long Journey through Mexico
      4· The Context of Reception in the United States
      5· The Dynamics of Social Networks
      6. Gendered Networks
      7· Informal Exchanges and Intergenerational Relations
      8. Immigrant Social Networks and the Receiving Context

      Appendix A. Crossing Boundaries: A Personal Note on Research
      Appendix B. Study Participants
      Notes
      References
      Index

      Map

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