{"product_id":"undocumented-how-immigration-became-illegal-9780807001677","title":"Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal","description":"\u003cb\u003eA longtime immigration activist explores what it means to be an undocumented American in this \"impassioned and well-reported case for change\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this illuminating work, immigrant rights activist Aviva Chomsky shows how \"illegality\" and \"undocumentedness\" are concepts that were created to exclude and exploit. With a focus on US policy, she probes how people, especially Mexican and Central Americans, have been assigned this status--and to what ends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Blending history with human drama, Chomsky explores what it means to be undocumented in a legal, social, economic, and historical context. The result is a powerful testament of the complex, contradictory, and ever-shifting nature of status in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aviva Chomsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807001677","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43311373779081,"sku":"9780807001677","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_650acebb-a47f-4600-b095-129981a79945.jpg?v=1738054734","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/undocumented-how-immigration-became-illegal-9780807001677","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}