Reimagining the immigrant : the accommodation of Mexican immigrants in rural America / Brian D. Haley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haley, Brian D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migrant agricultural laborers--California--San Luis Obispo County--Social conditions.

Migrant agricultural laborers.

Mexicans--California--San Luis Obispo County--Social conditions.

Mexicans.

Agriculture--Social aspects--California--San Luis Obispo County.

Agriculture.

Agriculture--Social aspects.

Social conditions.

San Luis Obispo County (Calif.)--Rural conditions.

San Luis Obispo County (Calif.).

San Luis Obispo County (Calif.)--Race relations.

Mexico--Emigration and immigration.

Mexico.

Emigration and immigration.

United States--Emigration and immigration.

United States.

California--San Luis Obispo County.

Physical Description:

xiv, 239 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Summary:

Reimagining the Immigrant examines integrative particles by residents towards Mexican immigrants in a small farm town in California. Bolstering his argument with ethnographic detail, Haley describes the complex interaction between the farm labor market, migration, and settlement alternatives available to farm workers. This groundbreaking book sheds light on the coexisting practices of discrimination and accommodation and the ways in which immigrants and established residents reimagine ethnic identity in a more positive lights.

Contents:

Introduction

The changing farm and town

Making social categories from local roots and class

The rhetoric and practice of ethnicity

Institutions, leadership, and community

"we want our town back!"

Sources of local integration

The Delictum Vineyards scandal and its aftermath

Immigration's dual outcomes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230616028

023061602X

OCLC:

319155350