Front cover; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Chapter One. Introduction: Hispanic Immigrants in the New South; Chapter Two. Central Virginia: A Promised Land for New Latino Immigrants?; Chapter Three. Troubles in the Promised Land: Complex Household Living as a Temporary Survival Strategy in Central Virginia; Chapter Four. Gendered Experiences of Work and Family Life of Immigrants in Central Virginia; Chapter Five. Permanent Settlement of a Temporary Stay? The Future of the Hispanic Community in Central Virginia; Chapter Six. Couclusion: The Promised Land as a Relative Concept
Summary
Through analysis of interviews with 73 Hispanic immigrants in Central Virginia, this book offers a look at the views and circumstances of immigrants. It provides an examination of the migration trend, and argues that important policy changes are needed to benefit and protect both the new arrivals and their wider communities