Beyond the Borderlands : Migration and Belonging in the United States and Mexico /

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Over the last three decades, migration from Mexico to the United States has moved beyond the borderlands to diverse communities across the country, with the most striking transformations in American suburbs and small towns. This study explores the challenges encountered by Mexican families as they e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lattanzi Shutika, Debra, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States Local History.
History & Archaeology.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
Mexican Americans > Ethnic identity.
Mexican Americans > Cultural assimilation.
Ethnic relations.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Black Studies (Global)
Americains d'origine mexicaine > Identite ethnique > Pennsylvanie > Kennett Square.
Americains d'origine mexicaine > Acculturation > Pennsylvanie > Kennett Square.
Mexican Americans > Pennsylvania > Kennett Square > Ethnic identity.
Mexican Americans > Cultural assimilation > Pennsylvania > Kennett Square.
Pennsylvania > Kennett Square.
Mexico > Guanajuato (State)
Guanajuato (Mexique : État) > Émigration et immigration > Aspect social.
Guanajuato (Mexico : State) > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Kennett Square (Pa.) > Ethnic relations.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Over the last three decades, migration from Mexico to the United States has moved beyond the borderlands to diverse communities across the country, with the most striking transformations in American suburbs and small towns. This study explores the challenges encountered by Mexican families as they endeavor to find their place in the U.S. by focusing on Kennett Square, a small farming village in Pennsylvania known as the "Mushroom Capital of the World." In a highly readable account based on extensive fieldwork among Mexican migrants and their American neighbors, Debra Lattanzi Shutika explores.
Physical Description:1 online resource (312 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780520950238

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