Hidden in Plain Sight: How Unauthorised Migrants Strategically Assimilate in Restrictive Localities in California

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1895-1914

  García, Angela S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation Theory; Local Law; Passing; Presentation of Self; Unauthorised Immigrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920193033     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2014.883918     Document Type: Article

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