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Illegality and the Production of Affluence Undocumented Labor and Gentrification in Rural America.

Over several decades, the influx of wealthy, white ""lifestyle"" migrants has transformed the economic, social, and ecological fabric of many rural communities across the United States--from alpine towns of the Rockies to forest and lake communities of the Southeast--in a process...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nelson, Lise
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2025.
Subjects:
Foreign workers, Latin American > Colorado > Routt County > Case studies.
Foreign workers, Latin American > Georgia > Rabun County > Case studies.
Noncitizens > Colorado > Routt County > Case studies.
Noncitizens > Georgia > Rabun County > Case studies.
Gentrification > Colorado > Routt County.
Gentrification > Georgia > Rabun County.
Rural development > Colorado > Routt County.
Rural development > Georgia > Rabun County.
Labor.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS.
Emigration & Immigration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Rural.
Sociology.
Social Classes.
Electronic books.
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Summary:Over several decades, the influx of wealthy, white ""lifestyle"" migrants has transformed the economic, social, and ecological fabric of many rural communities across the United States--from alpine towns of the Rockies to forest and lake communities of the Southeast--in a process akin to urban gentrification. Illegality and the Production of Affluence explores an underappreciated dimension of this process: its dependence on low-wage Latine immigrant wor.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.)
ISBN:9780520416390 (electronic bk.)
0520416392