Mexican Hometown Associations in Chicagoacán : From Local to Transnational Civic Engagement.
In this groundbreaking new book, Mexican Hometown Associations in Chicagoacán, Xóchitl Bada reveals how Mexican hometown associations, groups consisting of immigrants from the same small towns, have become a surprisingly powerful force for mobilizing social change in both the United States and Mex...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Piscataway :
Rutgers University Press,
2014.
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Colección: | Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In this groundbreaking new book, Mexican Hometown Associations in Chicagoacán, Xóchitl Bada reveals how Mexican hometown associations, groups consisting of immigrants from the same small towns, have become a surprisingly powerful force for mobilizing social change in both the United States and Mexico. By giving voice to the members of a group of Chicago-based hometown associations from the state of Michoacán, Xóchitl Bada draws much larger conclusions about the emergence and global impact of new transnational forms of community activism. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (242 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780813564944 0813564948 1306688949 9781306688949 |