Transnationalism and collective action among Guatemalan and Mexican immigrants in two Florida communities

A Place to Be: Brazilian, Guatemalan, and Mexican Immigrants in Florida's New Destinations

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 103-127

  Steigenga, Timothy J ^a   Williams, Philip J ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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