Lives in limbo : undocumented and coming of age in America / Roberto G. Gonzales ; with a foreword b...
Lives in limbo : undocumented and coming of age in America / Roberto G. Gonzales ; with a foreword b...
Lives in limbo : undocumented and coming of age in America / Roberto G. Gonzales ; with a foreword by Jose Antonio Vargas.
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Publisher
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016].
Call Numbers
G 2017/5104
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxvi, 287 pages ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Contested membership over time -- Undocumented young adults in Los Angeles: the college goers and early exiters -- Childhood: inclusion and belonging -- School as a site of belonging and conflict -- Adolescence: beginning the transition to illegality -- Early exiters: learning to live on the margins...
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Publisher
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016].
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
[2016].
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Summary
"Over two million of the nation's eleven million undocumented immigrants have lived in the United States since childhood. Due to a broken immigration system, they grow up to uncertain futures. In Lives in Limbo, Roberto G. Gonzales introduces us to two groups: the college-goers, like Ricardo, whose good grades and strong network of community suppor...
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Full title
Lives in limbo : undocumented and coming of age in America / Roberto G. Gonzales ; with a foreword by Jose Antonio Vargas.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-278) and index.
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©2016
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G 2017/5104
Record Identifier
74VKVWG4PaLy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVWG4PaLy
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ISBN
0520287266 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780520287259 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0520287258 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780520287266 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
DDC
305.230869120973
MMS ID
991024139691602626
