At the Core and in the Margins : Incorporation of Mexican Immigrants in Two Rural Midwestern Communities /

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"Beardstown and Monmouth, Illinois, two rural Midwestern towns, have been transformed by immigration in the last three decades. This book examines how Mexican immigrants who have made these towns their homes have integrated legally, culturally, and institutionally. What accounts for the massive...

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Autor principal: Albarracín, Julia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social surveys.
Rural conditions.
Mexican Americans > Cultural assimilation.
Mexican Americans.
Immigrants > Social conditions.
Immigrants.
Ethnic relations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Rural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Hispanic American Studies.
Enquêtes sociales > Illinois.
Americains d'origine mexicaine > Illinois > Entretiens.
Americains d'origine mexicaine > Illinois > Statistiques.
Americains d'origine mexicaine > Acculturation > Illinois.
Social surveys > Illinois.
Immigrants > Illinois > Statistics.
Immigrants > Illinois > Social conditions.
Mexican Americans > Illinois > Interviews.
Mexican Americans > Illinois > Statistics.
Mexican Americans > Cultural assimilation > Illinois.
Illinois > Monmouth.
Illinois > Beardstown.
Illinois.
Illinois > Conditions rurales.
Illinois > Relations interethniques.
Illinois > Rural conditions.
Illinois > Ethnic relations.
Monmouth (Ill.) > Ethnic relations.
Beardstown (Ill.) > Ethnic relations.
Statistics.
Interviews.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Case studies: the cases of Beardstown and Monmouth, Illinois
  • Chapter 2. Legal incorporation: immigration status and citizenship
  • Chapter 3. The culture of incorporation: language use, identity, and social connectedness
  • Chapter 4. The context of reception: discrimination and acceptance
  • Chapter 5. The politics of incorporation: participation
  • Chapter 6. More on political incorporation: trust in government institutions
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1. Survey instrument
  • Appendix 2. Comparison of selected demographic characteristics of Mexican immigrants
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.

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