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Making Los Angeles home the integration of Mexican immigrants in the United States
Author
Uniform Title
Mudando el hogar al norte. English
Title
Making Los Angeles home [electronic resource] : the integration of Mexican immigrants in the United States / Rafael Alarcón, Luis Escala, Olga Odgers ; translated by Dick Cluster.
ISBN
0520960521
9780520960527
9780520284852
Published
Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016 (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 PDF (xx, 259 pages) :) : illustations, maps
Local Notes
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Notes
Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Translation of: Mudando el hogar al norte : trayectorias de integración de los inmigrantes mexicanos en Los Ángeles.
Description based on print version record.
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Summary
Making Los Angeles Home examines the different integration strategies implemented by Mexican immigrants in the Los Angeles region. Relying on statistical data and ethnographic information, the authors analyze four different dimensions of the immigrant integration process (economic, social, cultural, and political) and show that there is no single path for its achievement, but instead an array of strategies that yield different results. However, their analysis also shows that immigrants' successful integration essentially depends upon their legal status and long residence in the region. The book shows that, despite this finding, immigrants nevertheless decide to settle in Los Angeles, the place where they have made their homes.
Variant and related titles
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2016 American Studies.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2016 Complete.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2016 Global Cultural Studies.
Other formats
Print version:
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 27, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-254) and index.
Contents
Theoretical perspectives on immigrant integration
Mexican immigration and the development of the Los Angeles metropolitan area
Statistical analysis of Mexican immigrants' integration in the metropolitan Los Angeles area
Economic integration : mobility, labor niches, and low-end jobs
Social integration : building a family, a community, and a life
Cultural integration : redefining identities in a diverse city
Political integration : from life in the margins to the pursuit of recognition
Public policies and Mexican immigrant integration in the city and county of Los Angeles.
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