The Resource Undocumented : how immigration became illegal, Aviva Chomsky
Undocumented : how immigration became illegal, Aviva Chomsky
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The item Undocumented : how immigration became illegal, Aviva Chomsky represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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The item Undocumented : how immigration became illegal, Aviva Chomsky represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- "This book looks at the role illegality or undocumentedness plays in our society and economy. It shows how the status was created, and how and why people, especially Mexicans and Central Americans, have been assigned this status. The first three chapters look at the histories of social exclusion. One looks specifically at the Mexican and Guatemalan contexts to understand why such large numbers of people from these countries enter the United States without documents, and how those who do so understand their own motivations. Two chapters focus on the role of illegality in the economy. Undocumented people tend to work in three different kinds of jobs: jobs that have been historically marginalized, like those in agriculture; jobs that have been downgraded from well-paid, unionized work to low-wage labor, like meatpacking; and newly booming job categories that underlie post-war consumerist prosperity like landscaping and childcare work. One chapter looks at children and families, focusing especially on the experiences of undocumented youth and youth with undocumented parents, and at the leadership role that undocumented youth have taken in the undocumented rights movement. One looks at the dizzying complexity of status to point out that virtually nobody really understand what "illegal" means. It looks at the detention system and the interests behind it. Finally, the last chapter explores the different "solutions" to the problem of undocumentedness that have been proposed and implemented over time, and shows why they have failed. Undocumentedness is deeply imbedded in global and national political and economic systems, and the concept itself must be understood and challenged in order to create a more just system. "--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 246 pages
- Contents
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- Where did illegality come from?
- Choosing to be undocumented
- Becoming illegal
- What part of "illegal" do you understand?
- Working (part 1)
- Working (part 2)
- Children and families
- Solutions
- Isbn
- 9780807001677
- Link
- 9780807001677.jpg
- Label
- Undocumented : how immigration became illegal
- Title
- Undocumented
- Title remainder
- how immigration became illegal
- Statement of responsibility
- Aviva Chomsky
- Subject
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- Illegal aliens -- United States
- Mexico -- Emigration and immigration
- United States -- Emigration and immigration
- Central America -- Emigration and immigration
- United States -- Emigration and immigration | Government policy
- United States -- Emigration and immigration | Social aspects
- United States -- Emigration and immigration | Economic aspects
- Guatemala -- Emigration and immigration
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "This book looks at the role illegality or undocumentedness plays in our society and economy. It shows how the status was created, and how and why people, especially Mexicans and Central Americans, have been assigned this status. The first three chapters look at the histories of social exclusion. One looks specifically at the Mexican and Guatemalan contexts to understand why such large numbers of people from these countries enter the United States without documents, and how those who do so understand their own motivations. Two chapters focus on the role of illegality in the economy. Undocumented people tend to work in three different kinds of jobs: jobs that have been historically marginalized, like those in agriculture; jobs that have been downgraded from well-paid, unionized work to low-wage labor, like meatpacking; and newly booming job categories that underlie post-war consumerist prosperity like landscaping and childcare work. One chapter looks at children and families, focusing especially on the experiences of undocumented youth and youth with undocumented parents, and at the leadership role that undocumented youth have taken in the undocumented rights movement. One looks at the dizzying complexity of status to point out that virtually nobody really understand what "illegal" means. It looks at the detention system and the interests behind it. Finally, the last chapter explores the different "solutions" to the problem of undocumentedness that have been proposed and implemented over time, and shows why they have failed. Undocumentedness is deeply imbedded in global and national political and economic systems, and the concept itself must be understood and challenged in order to create a more just system. "--
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1957-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Chomsky, Aviva
- Dewey number
- 364.1/370973
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- JV6465
- LC item number
- .C46 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- Illegal aliens
- United States
- United States
- United States
- Mexico
- Central America
- Guatemala
- Label
- Undocumented : how immigration became illegal, Aviva Chomsky
- Link
- 9780807001677.jpg
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-237) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Where did illegality come from? -- Choosing to be undocumented -- Becoming illegal -- What part of "illegal" do you understand? -- Working (part 1) -- Working (part 2) -- Children and families -- Solutions
- Control code
- ocn856977305
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- x, 246 pages
- Isbn
- 9780807001677
- Isbn Type
- (paperback : acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2013041931
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40023929866
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780807001677
- (OCoLC)856977305
- Label
- Undocumented : how immigration became illegal, Aviva Chomsky
- Link
- 9780807001677.jpg
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-237) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Where did illegality come from? -- Choosing to be undocumented -- Becoming illegal -- What part of "illegal" do you understand? -- Working (part 1) -- Working (part 2) -- Children and families -- Solutions
- Control code
- ocn856977305
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- x, 246 pages
- Isbn
- 9780807001677
- Isbn Type
- (paperback : acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2013041931
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40023929866
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780807001677
- (OCoLC)856977305
Subject
- Illegal aliens -- United States
- Mexico -- Emigration and immigration
- United States -- Emigration and immigration
- Central America -- Emigration and immigration
- United States -- Emigration and immigration | Government policy
- United States -- Emigration and immigration | Social aspects
- United States -- Emigration and immigration | Economic aspects
- Guatemala -- Emigration and immigration
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