Making Los Angeles Home : The Integration of Mexican Immigrants in the United States / Rafael Alarcon, Luis Escala, Olga Odgers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alarcón, Rafael, Author.

Escala, Luis, Author.

Odgers, Olga, Author.

Standardized Title:

Mudando el hogar al norte. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social integration--California--Los Angeles.

Social integration.

Immigrants--California--Los Angeles--Social conditions.

Immigrants.

Mexican Americans--California--Los Angeles--Social conditions.

Mexican Americans.

Mexicans--California--Los Angeles--Social conditions.

Mexicans.

Mexico--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Mexico.

Los Angeles (Calif.)--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Los Angeles (Calif.).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Making Los Angeles Home examines the different integration strategies implemented by Mexican immigrants in the Los Angeles region. Relying on statistical data and ethnographic information, the authors analyze four different dimensions of the immigrant integration process (economic, social, cultural, and political) and show that there is no single path for its achievement, but instead an array of strategies that yield different results. However, their analysis also shows that immigrants' successful integration essentially depends upon their legal status and long residence in the region. The book shows that, despite this finding, immigrants nevertheless decide to settle in Los Angeles, the place where they have made their homes.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part One. Theoretical, Historical, and Statistical Aspects of Mexican Immigrant Integration in Metropolitan Los Angeles

Part Two. Dimensions of Integration among Immigrants from Zacatecas, Oaxaca, and Veracruz

Part Three. Government Intervention and the Immigrant Population

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Translation of: Mudando el hogar al norte : trayectorias de integración de los inmigrantes mexicanos en Los Ángeles.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-254) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780520960527

0520960521

OCLC:

950196609