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Underground America: Narratives of Undocumented Lives
Peter Orner
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Description for Underground America: Narratives of Undocumented Lives
Paperback. The Voice of Witness book series takes a humanizing, literary approach to oral history to illuminate the stories of people impacted by injustice across the world. Series: Voice of Witness. Num Pages: 367 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFD; JFFN; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 367.
Millions of immigrants risk deportation and imprisonment by living in the US without legal status. They are living underground, with little protection from exploitation at the hands of human smugglers, employers, or law enforcement. Underground America presents the remarkable oral histories of men and women struggling to carve a life for themselves in the US.
Millions of immigrants risk deportation and imprisonment by living in the US without legal status. They are living underground, with little protection from exploitation at the hands of human smugglers, employers, or law enforcement. Underground America presents the remarkable oral histories of men and women struggling to carve a life for themselves in the US.
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Voice of Witness
Condition
New
Weight
367g
Number of Pages
367
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786632272
SKU
V9781786632272
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About Peter Orner
Peter Orner is the author of two novels, The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo and Love and Shame and Love, as well as two collections of stories, Esther Stories and Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge. For the Voice of Witness series, Orner also co-edited Hope Deferred: Narratives of Zimbabwean Lives with Annie Holmes. Orner has been awarded a Guggenheim ... Read more
Reviews for Underground America: Narratives of Undocumented Lives
This book fills a gap in our understanding of the issue by humanizing the people at the center of an otherwise cold debate. Huffington Post