A01=Timothy Ready
Author_Timothy Ready
Category=JNU
Central American adolescent resettlement
educational policy analysis
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gendered migration pathways
Hispanic migration studies
post-conflict diaspora
urban ethnography
youth social integration
Product details
- ISBN 9780815300571
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 1991
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The subject of this work is a group of young Latinos in Washington D.C. who came to the United States from war-torn Central America between 1980 and 1982. The study examines their rise out of the poverty in which they lived upon their arrival, their experiences with education and employment, and the impact of these encounters on their family and friends. The author discusses the history of Hispanic populations in Washington, D.C.; the effect of educational and career development programs; school ethnography; schooling as one aspect of acculturation; implications of immigration policy for employment; and different levels of opportunity for immigrant men and women. The chronological narrative charts the challenges of resettlement, schooling, job training, work, social and cultural integration, and young adulthood. An index and a substantive bibliography are provided.
