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Fruteros
Language: en
Pages: 208
Authors: Rocío Rosales
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-05-19 - Publisher: University of California Press

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This book examines the social worlds of young Latino street vendors as they navigate the complexities of local and federal laws prohibiting both their presence
When I Was Puerto Rican
Language: en
Pages: 252
Authors: Esmeralda Santiago
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-02-28 - Publisher: Da Capo Press

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One of "The Best Memoirs of a Generation" (Oprah's Book Club): a young woman's journey from the mango groves and barrios of Puerto Rico to Brooklyn, and eventua
Beneath the China Boom
Language: en
Pages: 251
Authors: Julia Chuang
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-01-14 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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For nearly four decades, China’s manufacturing boom has been powered by the labor of 287 million rural migrant workers, who travel seasonally between villages
Kids at Work
Language: en
Pages: 216
Authors: Emir Estrada
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-07-16 - Publisher: NYU Press

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How Latinx kids and their undocumented parents struggle in the informal street food economy Street food markets have become wildly popular in Los Angeles—and
Remaking a Life
Language: en
Pages: 335
Authors: Celeste Watkins-Hayes
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08-20 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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In the face of life-threatening news, how does our view of life change—and what do we do it transform it? Remaking a Life uses the HIV/AIDS epidemic as a lens
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