Barrios to Burbs : The Making of the Mexican American Middle Class /

Too frequently, the media and politicians cast Mexican immigrants as a threat to American society. Given America's increasing ethnic diversity and the large size of the Mexican-origin population, an investigation of how Mexican immigrants and their descendants achieve upward mobility and enter...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vallejo, Jody (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2020]
Temas:
Mexican Americans > Social conditions.
Middle class Mexican Americans.
Social mobility > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Class, Assimilation, and Mexican Americans
  • 2. Mexican Americans Yesterday and Today
  • 3. Barrios to Burbs: Divergent Class Backgrounds and Pathways into the Middle Class
  • 4. Family Obligations: The Immigrant Narrative and Middle- Class Individualism
  • 5. Mexican Americans or Coconuts? Middle- Class Minority and American Identities
  • 6. Ethnic Professional Associations and the Minority Culture of Mobility
  • 7. Conclusion: The New American Middle Class
  • Appendix A: Notes on Fieldwork
  • Appendix B: List of In- Depth Interview Respondents
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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