The power of the law: Central Americans' legality and everyday life in Phoenix, Arizona

Latino Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 377-395

  Menjívar, Cecilia ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Guatemalans; Hondurans; immigration; legal consciousness; Salvadorans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856377394     PISSN: 14763435     EISSN: 14763443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/lst.2011.43     Document Type: Article

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