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- catalog abstract "American Dreaming chronicles in rich detail the struggles of immigrants who have fled troubled homelands in search of a better life in the United States, only to be marginalized by the society that they hoped would embrace them. Sarah Mahler draws from her experiences living among undocumented Salvadoran and South American immigrants in a Long Island suburb of Manhattan. In moving interviews they describe their disillusionment with life in the United States but blame themselves individually or as a whole for their lack of economic success and not the greater society. As she explores the reasons behind this outlook, the author argues that marginalization fosters antagonism within ethnic groups while undermining the ethnic solidarity emphasized by many scholars of immigration.".
- catalog contributor b8194448.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "American Dreaming chronicles in rich detail the struggles of immigrants who have fled troubled homelands in search of a better life in the United States, only to be marginalized by the society that they hoped would embrace them. Sarah Mahler draws from her experiences living among undocumented Salvadoran and South American immigrants in a Long Island suburb of Manhattan. In moving interviews they describe their disillusionment with life in the United States but blame themselves individually or as a whole for their lack of economic success and not the greater society. As she explores the reasons behind this outlook, the author argues that marginalization fosters antagonism within ethnic groups while undermining the ethnic solidarity emphasized by many scholars of immigration.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-253) and index.".
- catalog description "Leaving home -- The trip as personal transformation -- Great expectations, early disillusionments -- The construction of marginality -- Making money off the margins -- Lucrative, liminal law -- The encargado industry -- Immigrants and the American dream.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 268 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0691037825 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0691037833 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "305.5/6 20".
- catalog subject "Emigration and immigration Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "HN90.M26 M34 1995".
- catalog subject "Immigrants United States Social conditions.".
- catalog subject "Immigrants United States.".
- catalog subject "Marginality, Social United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Leaving home -- The trip as personal transformation -- Great expectations, early disillusionments -- The construction of marginality -- Making money off the margins -- Lucrative, liminal law -- The encargado industry -- Immigrants and the American dream.".
- catalog title "American dreaming : immigrant life on the margins / Sarah J. Mahler.".
- catalog type "text".