A place to be
Subtitle: Brazilian, Guatemalan, and Mexican immigrants in Florida's new destinations
By: edited by Philip J. Williams ... [et al.].
Contributors: Williams, Philip J., 1959-
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780813544922; 9780813544939
Subjects: Latin Americans -- Florida -- Social conditions -- Congresses; Latin Americans -- Florida -- Religion -- Congresses; Transnationalism -- Congresses; Florida -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.; Congresses..
Notes: "This book is the product of a collaborative transnational research project that grew out of a workshop held at the University of Florida in 2001."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: understanding transnationalism, collective mobilization, and lived religion in new immigrant destinations / Philip J. Williams, Manuel A. Vásquez, and Timothy J. Steigenga; title: Beyond homo anomicus : interpersonal networks, space, and religion among Brazilians in broward county / Manuel A. Vásquez; title: From Jacaltenango to Jupiter : negotiating the concept of "family" through transnational space and time / Silvia Irene Palma, Carol Girón Solórzano, and Timothy J. Steigenga; title: Solidarities among Mexican immigrants in Immokalee / Patricia Fortuny Loret de Mola, Mirian Solís Lizama, and Philip J. Williams; title: Transnationalism and collective action among Guatemalan and Mexican immigrants in two Florida communities / Timothy J. Steigenga and Philip J. Williams; title: Immigrant regime of production : the state, political mobilization, and religious and business networks among Brazilians in south Florida / Jose Claúdio Souza Alves; title: Lived religion and a sense of home : the ambiguities of transnational identity among Jacaltecos in Jupiter / Timothy J. Steigenga, Silvia Irene Palma, and Carol Girón Solórzano; title: Looking for lived religion in Immokalee / Philip J. Williams and Patricia Fortuny Loret de Mola; title: Brazilian and Mexican women : interacting with god in Florida / Patricia Fortuny Loret de Mola, Lúcia Ribeiro, and Mirian Solís Lizama; title: Conclusion: A place to be : new and old geographies of Latin American migration in Florida and beyond / Timothy J. Steigenga, Manuel A. Vásquez, and Philip J. Williams.