{"product_id":"the-world-of-mexican-migrants-judith-adler-hellman-9781595584489","title":"The World of Mexican Migrants: The Rock and the Hard Place","description":"\u003cp\u003eWidely praised as a splendid addition to the literature on the great wave of post-1970 immigration from Mexico-as a result of which an estimated 6 million undocumented Mexican migrants now live in the United States-\u003ci\u003eThe World of Mexican Migrants\u003c\/i\u003e, by acclaimed author Judith Adler Hellman, takes us into the lives of those who, no longer able to eke out even a modest living in their homeland, have traveled north to find jobs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHellman takes us deep into the sending communities in Mexico, where we witness the conditions that lead Mexicans to risk their lives crossing the border and meet those who live on Mexico's largest source of foreign income, remittances from family members al Norte. We hear astonishing border crossing tales-including one man's journey riding suspended from the undercarriage of a train. In New York and Los Angeles, construction workers, restaurant staff, street vendors, and deliverymen share their survival strategies-the ways in which they work, send money home, find housing, learn English, send their children to school, and avoid detection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing upon five years of in-depth interviews, Hellman offers a humanizing perspective and \"essential window\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e) into the lives and struggles of Mexican migrants living in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Judith Adler Hellman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 159558448X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595584489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Judith Adler Hellman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938530754815,"sku":"9781595584489","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8b20f054-3276-41c1-9245-5d5afbfb443e.jpg?v=1681436233","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-world-of-mexican-migrants-judith-adler-hellman-9781595584489","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}