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BL
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1037882
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b792252
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Dreby, Joanna,1976-
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Divided by borders : : Mexican migrants and their children /\ Joanna Dreby.
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| Publication Statement
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Berkeley :: University of California Press,, ©2010.
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1 online resource (xxi, 311 pages) :: illustrations
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0520945832
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: 1282422316
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: 6612422319
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: 9780520945838
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: 9781282422315
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: 9786612422317
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0520260880 (cloth : alk. paper)
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0520260902
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0520266609
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9780520260887 (cloth : alk. paper)
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9780520260900
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9780520266605
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Preface : ordinary families, extraordinary families -- Sacrifice -- Ofelia and Germán Cruz : migrant time versus child time -- Gender and parenting from afar -- Armando López on fatherhood -- Children and power during separation -- Middlewomen -- Cindy Rodríguez between two worlds -- Divided by borders.
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Since 2000, approximately 440,000 Mexicans have migrated to the United States every year. Tens of thousands have left children behind in Mexico to do so. For these parents, migration is a sacrifice. What do parents expect to accomplish by dividing their families across borders? How do families manage when they are living apart? More importantly, do parents' relocations yield the intended results? Probing the experiences of migrant parents, children in Mexico, and their caregivers, Joanna Dreby offers an up-close and personal account of the lives of families divided by borders. What she finds i.
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Emigrant remittances-- Mexico.
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Households-- Mexico.
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Marital conflict, Case studies.
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Mexicans-- Family relationships-- United States, Case studies.
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Parent and child, Case studies.
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Auswanderung
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Emigrant remittances.
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Emigration and immigration.
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Familie
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Familienbeziehung
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Familiensoziologie
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FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS-- Abuse-- Child Abuse.
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FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS-- Adoption Fostering.
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FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS-- Parenting-- General.
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FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS-- Parenting-- Parent Adult Child.
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Hispanos
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Households.
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Immigration Emigration.
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Law, Politics Government.
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Marital conflict.
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Mexikanischer Einwanderer
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Parent and child.
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Political Science.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Emigration Immigration.
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Mexico, Emigration and immigration.
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Mexico.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.874
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JV7402.D74 2010eb
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MS 3600rvk
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MS 3600.rvk
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