Beyond the border
Subtitle: más allá de la frontera.
Contributors: Independent Television Service.; Kentucky Educational Television.
Publisher: ITVS; KET
Published: 2003
Place of publication: [San Francisco, Calif.?]; [Lexington, Ky.?]
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Beyond the border (Television program); Alien labor, Mexican -- Kentucky; Mexicans -- Employment -- Kentucky; Kentucky -- Emigration and immigration; Mexico -- Emigration and immigration; United States -- Emigration and immigration
Other titles: Más allá de la frontera
Description: Companion website to the documentary television program of the same name which presents the story of the  Ayalas, four Mexican brothers who emigrate from Michoacan, Mexico to the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky in search of a better life. The story traces their struggle to overcome cultural, class, and language barriers in Kentucky and presents other important issues of the immigration experience, including family and community issues. Policing of the U.S.-Mexico border is discussed as well as the effects of economic and racial discrimination on Mexican immigrants. The Resources section presents websites, books, and articles for further research on this topic.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Title from home page (viewed on Nov. 14, 2003).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.