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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction: Hispanic Immigrants in the New South Recent U.S. Immigration Patterns Globalization and Migration Methodology and Data Sources Summary of Respondents' Demographic Characteristics Overview of Chapters Chapter 2. Central Virginia: A Promised Land for New Latino Immigrants? Traditional Hispanic Immigrant Receiving Areas Shifts in Immigrant Destination Advantages of Living in Traditional Immigrant Receiving Areas Disadvantages of Living in Traditional Receiving Areas Advantages of Living in Central Virginia Disadvantages of Living in Central Virginia Summary of Findings Chapter 3. Troubles in the Promised Land: Complex Household Living as a Temporary Survival Strategy in Central Virginia The Literature on Complex Households and Hispanic Immigrants in the United States The Formation of Complex Households in Central Virginia Problems and Benefits Related to Complex Household Living The Social and Economic Functioning of Complex Households Gender and Complex Household Living Summary and Conclusions Chapter 4. Gendered Experiences of Work and Family Life for Immigrants in Central Virginia Review of the Literature on Gender and Migration Types of Work for Latino Immigrants in Central Virginia Gender and the Availability of Work in Central Virginia Changes in Family Life Through Migration Summary and Conclusions Chapter 5. Permanent Settlement or a Temporary Stay? The Future of the Hispanic Community in Central Virginia Review of the Literature on Immigrant Settlement Hispanic Immigrants in Central Virginia: The Future of the Trend Respondents' Future Plans and Wishes Based on Length of Time Spent in Virginia Respondents' Future Plans and Wishes Based on Gender Summary and Conclusions Chapter 6. Conclusion: The Promised Land as a Relative Concept Predicting Future Population Trends The Promised Land as a Relative Concept Families Divided by National Boundaries Public Policy Implications Summary and Conclusions Notes Bibliography Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Hispanic Americans -- Virginia -- Social conditions.
Hispanic Americans -- Virginia -- Economic conditions.
Hispanic Americans -- Virginia -- Interviews.
Immigrants -- Virginia -- Social conditions.
Immigrants -- Virginia -- Economic conditions.
Immigrants -- Virginia -- Interviews.
Virginia -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
Virginia -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects.