About the author cecilia menjivar is professor and dorothy l meier social equities chair in the department of sociology at ucla she is the author of fragmented ties salvadoran immigrant networks in america uc press among other books menjivar won the julian samora distinguished career award from the latino a sociology section of the american sociological association. This item fragmented ties salvadoran immigrant networks in america by cecilia menjivar paperback 3395 available to ship in 1 2 days ships from and sold by amazoncom. In fragmented ties cecilia menjevar presents a portrait of immigrant networks that is often at odds with the overly romanticized notions of immigrant unity and solidarity implicit in many of the depictions of immigrant networks found in the migration literature based on several years of fieldwork in the mission district of san . Fragmented ties argues that hostile immigration policies shrinking economic opportunities and a resource poor community make assistance conditional and uneven deflating expectations both on the part of the new immigrants and the relatives who preceded them in contrast to most studies of immigrant life that identify networks as viable sources of assistance this one focuses on a case in which poverty makes it difficult for immigrants to accumulate enough resources to help each other. Cecilia menjivar is professor and dorothy l meier social equities chair in the department of sociology at ucla she is the author of fragmented ties salvadoran immigrant networks in america uc press among other books menjivar won the julian samora distinguished career award from the latino a sociology section of the american sociological association