Book
Shadowed lives: undocumented immigrants in American society
Harcourt Brace College Publishers • Fort Worth • Published In 1998 • Pages: xvii, 222
By: Chavez, Leo R. (Leo Ralph).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this work Chavez provides a detailed description and analysis of the lives of undocumented workers in southern California, particularly in San Diego County. 'The analysis goes beyond their lives to the antecedent conditions and needs that have caused many thousands of workers to risk arrest and worse as they cross the border between Mexico and the United States' (p. viii). The hardships and ambiguity of the undocumented worker's situation is described in the text by the author as well as in the words of the workers and their families themselves. Throughout this study the author expresses sympathy with the situation of the undocumented workers, and critiques United States immigration policies.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Life history materials
- External migration
- Labor supply and employment
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chicanos
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1980-1986
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1990s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- San Diego County, southern California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Leo Chavez
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-209) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 97070723
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mexican Americans