Zapotec Immigration: The San Lucas Quiavini Experience.

Lopez, Felipe H.; Munro, Pamela

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ERIC Number: EJ620443

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Publication Date: 1999

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Zapotec Immigration: The San Lucas Quiavini Experience.

Lopez, Felipe H.; Munro, Pamela

Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, v24 n1 p129-49 Spr 1999

Interviews with 20 Zapotec immigrants from Oaxaca (Mexico) to Los Angeles examined their immigration experiences and adjustment to life in the United States. Discussion covers immigration from Oaxaca; living conditions, illiteracy, education, and language usage in the village of San Lucas Quiavini; immigration patterns; ethnicity and Oaxacan identity; and educational and employment opportunities in the United States. (Contains 33 references.) (SV)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), American Indians, Educational Needs, Ethnicity, Immigrants, Immigration, Indigenous Populations, Mexicans, Migration Patterns, Social Networks

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: California (Los Angeles); Mexico (Oaxaca)

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