Crossing Boundaries to Education: Haitian Transnational Families and the Quest to Raise the Family Up

Nearly 175, 000 Haitian immigrants have settled in South Florida since the 1970s. Their lives are often lived transnationally with persistent connections and obligations to family members in Haiti. Yet, traditional theories of immigrant assimilation focus on the integration of immigrants into host c...

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Main Author: Nicholas, Tekla
Format: Others
Published: FIU Digital Commons 2014
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Online Access:http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1230
http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2319&context=etd