The dream fields of Florida
Subtitle: Mexican farmworkers and the myth of belonging
By: Ella Schmidt.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9780739138724; 9780739138748
Subjects: Foreign workers, Mexican -- Florida -- Social conditions -- Case studies; Agricultural laborers -- Florida -- Social conditions -- Case studies; Children of foreign workers -- Florida -- Social conditions -- Case studies; Immigrants -- Florida -- Social conditions -- Case studies; Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation -- Florida -- Case studies; Group identity -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The hidden, shameful presence; title: The imposition of identities; title: Identities, localities, globalities; title: Schools as alienating institutions; title: Rituals of daily life: past sorrows, present prides; title: Straddling the tracks: Mexican farmworkers and the politics of identity; title: Conclusions.