| Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal Contributor(s): Chomsky, Aviva (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807001678 ISBN-13: 9780807001677 Publisher: Beacon Press OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies - Law | Emigration & Immigration - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration |
| Dewey: 364.137 |
| LCCN: 2013041931 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.75 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Explores what it means to be undocumented in a legal, social, economic and historical context In this illuminating work, immigrant rights activist Aviva Chomsky shows how "illegality" and "undocumentedness" are concepts that were created to exclude and exploit. With a focus on US policy, she probes how people, especially Mexican and Central Americans, have been assigned this status--and to what ends. Blending history with human drama, Chomsky explores what it means to be undocumented in a legal, social, economic, and historical context. The result is a powerful testament of the complex, contradictory, and ever-shifting nature of status in America. |