CONTENTS
List of Maps and Tables
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Origins and Patterns of Central American Migration
3. Negotiating the Urban Scene
4. The Struggle for Survival: Working in Los Angeles
5. Seeking Justice, Challenging Policy
6. The 1990s: Changing Contexts, Shifting Expectations
7. Organizing Locally and Transnationally: Changing Priorities,
Strategies, and Alliances
8. The Elusive Community: Salvadorans and Guatemalans in Los
Angeles
Appendix A: Chronology of Events
Appendix B: Partial List of Informants
Notes
References
Index
A look at the challenges faced by Central American immigrants in Los Angeles
Nora Hamilton is Associate Professor of Political Science at the
University of Southern California.
Norma Stoltz Chinchilla is Professor of Sociology and Women's
Studies at California State University, Long Beach. They have both
published extensively on the Central American immigrant experience.
"Seeking Community in a Global City is the impressive culmination
of two decades of collaborative research by the authors with
Central Americans in Los Angeles. Drawing on extensive interviews
and narrative accounts from a broad spectrum of Salvadoran and
Guatemalan community members and leaders, this book fills a
substantial gap in our understanding of contemporary migration. It
will prove to be essential reading for scholars, students, and
decision makers alike."
-James Loucky, author of The Maya Diaspora (Temple) "...the book
offers a rare look into the experiences of these important migrant
groups. ... The authors utilise state-of-the-art theories and
concepts of migration to frame their study, and as a result their
analysis is both comprehensive and sensitive."
-Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
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