Replenished ethnicity : Mexican Americans, immigration, and identity /

Unlike the wave of immigration that came through Ellis Island and then subsided, immigration to the United States from Mexico has been virtually uninterrupted for one hundred years. In this vividly detailed book, Tomás R. Jiménez takes us into the lives of later-generation descendents of Mexican i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jiménez, Tomás R. (Tomás Roberto), 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2010.
Colección:ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series)
Temas:
Mexican Americans > Cultural assimilation.
Mexican Americans > Race identity.
Mexicans > Cultural assimilation > United States.
Mexicans > Race identity > United States.
Mexican Americans > Ethnic identity.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Acculturation.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Identité ethnique.
Mexicains > Acculturation > États-Unis.
Mexicains > Identité ethnique > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
Mexican Americans > Cultural assimilation
Mexican Americans > Race identity
Mexicans > Cultural assimilation
Mexicans > Race identity
United States > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Aspect social.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Unlike the wave of immigration that came through Ellis Island and then subsided, immigration to the United States from Mexico has been virtually uninterrupted for one hundred years. In this vividly detailed book, Tomás R. Jiménez takes us into the lives of later-generation descendents of Mexican immigrants, asking for the first time how this constant influx of immigrants from their ethnic homeland has shaped their assimilation. His nuanced investigation of this complex and little-studied phenomenon finds that continuous immigration has resulted in a vibrant ethnicity that later-generation Mexi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 347 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520946071
0520946073
9780520261419
0520261410
1282359835
9781282359833
9780520261426
0520261429

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