Chicano intermarriage : a theoretical and empirical study / Edward Murguía.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murguía, Edward.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans--Ethnic identity.

Mexican Americans.

Mexican Americans--Southwest, New--Ethnic identity.

Marriage--United States.

Marriage.

Marriage--Southwest, New.

United States--Ethnic relations.

United States.

Southwest, New--Ethnic relations.

Southwest, New.

Interracial marriage--United States.

Interracial marriage.

Social mobility--United States.

Social mobility.

Social mobility--Southwest, New.

Assimilation (Sociology).

Ethnic relations.

New Southwest.

Physical Description:

xiv, 134 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

San Antonio, Tex. : Trinity University Press, ©1982.

Contents:

Pt. 1. A theoretical and sociohistorical study of Chicano intermarriage: 2. Intermarriage and assimilation (Intermarriage as an indicator of assimilation ; The importance of marital assimilation in American society ; The pros and cons of intermarriage ; Discrimination and intermarriage : Attitudes of Angelos toward Mexicans) ; 3. The American class structure and Chicano intermarriage ; 4. Barriers to intermarriage ; 5. Intermarriage and non-Chicanos (The blacks and intermarriage ; The white ethnics and intermarriage ; Japanese and Puerto Rican intemarriage) ; 6. Chicano intermarriage (A history ; Rates)

pt. II. An empirical study of Chicano intermarriage: 7. Data and methodology ; 8. The contextual variables : County and year ; 9. The variables of given names and type of ceremony ; 10. The variables of metropolitan or non-metropolitan place of birth, southwest or non-southwest place of birth, and generation ;

(Con.) 11. Military status and Chicano intermarriage (A common enemy and intermarriage ; Socioeconomic mobility and intermarriage ; Civilian or military residence at marriage and exogamy) ; 12. The variables of sex, age, and divorce ; 13. Conclusion (Breaking of ties ; The non-Spanish surname female and breaking of ties ; Life-styles of the intermarried)

Appendices: A. Codebook, country marriage data ; C. Variables available by county and year ; D. Standard metropolitan statistical areas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-129).

Includes indexes.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

Other Format:

Online version: Murguía, Edward. Chicano intermarriage.

ISBN:

0911536930

9780911536935

OCLC:

8704612