Forthcoming Book: Jonas, Susanne and Nestor Rodríguez. 2015. Guatemala-U.S. Migration: Transforming Regions. University of Texas Press: Austin, TX. Abstract: This comprehensive study of five phases of Guatemalan migration—both Maya and ladino—to the United States from the late 1970s to the present illuminates the transregional experiences of those who pass through Mexico. Author Contact: A scholar of Latin America, particularly Guatemala and Central America, for more than four decades, Susanne Jonas was on the faculty of the University of California, Santa Cruz for twenty-four years and received a Distinguished Teaching Award. Her numerous previous books include Of Centaurs and Doves: Guatemala’s Peace Process, which was designated a Choice “Outstanding Academic Book.” Since the 1990s, she has become a specialist on Guatemalan/Central American migration and has collaborated with colleagues in Central America and Mexico. Nestor Rodríguez is Professor of Sociology and Research Associate of the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. With Cecilia Menjívar, he co-edited When States Kill: Latin America, the U.S., and Technologies of Terror. He has studied Central American migration to the United States and the formation of Latino immigrant settlements for more than two decades.
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