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Yucatecans in Dallas, Texas : breaching the border, bridging the distance
Title
Yucatecans in Dallas, Texas : breaching the border, bridging the distance / Rachel H. Adler.
ISBN
9780205521029 (pbk.)
0205521029 (pbk.)
Edition
2nd ed.
Published
Boston : Allyn & Bacon, c2008.
Physical Description
x, 166 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Notes
To help ensure preservation of print and digital collections, this title is retained by Yale University Library on behalf of the HathiTrust Shared Print Program.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 23, 2009
Series
New immigrants series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-161) and index.
Contents
Kaal as context
Yucatán in the context of United States-Mexico migration
Living in Kaal
The meaning of "Mayanness"
Yucatecans in the "Big D"
Racial and ethnic relations in Dallas
The Yucatecans in Dallas
Crossing the line : migrants and the U.S.-Mexico border
U.S. migration law, border crossing, and transnational migration
The border crossing process
Effects of border crossing
Border crossing : "weapon of the weak"
Migrant agendas and transnationalism
Yucatecan migrant agendas
Migrant agendas : two examples
Circumventing the nation-state
Dallas-Yucatán transnational migration
Goods and information
Women and men migrants
Women and men from Kaal : gendered social spheres
Case studies of migrant couples
Discussion of the cases
Conclusion : Yucatecan men and women in Dallas
Yucatecan migrants and social change
Final thoughts : will transnationalism last?
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