Replenished ethnicity : Mexican Americans, immigration, and identity / Tomás R. Jiménez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jiménez, Tomás R. (Tomás Roberto), 1975- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans--Cultural assimilation.

Mexican Americans.

Mexican Americans--Race identity.

Mexicans--Cultural assimilation--United States.

Mexicans.

Mexicans--Race identity--United States.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Mexican Americans, immigration, and identity

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2010]

Summary:

Unlike the wave of immigration that came through Ellis Island and then subsided, immigration to the United States from Mexico has been virtually uninterrupted for one hundred years. In this vividly detailed book, Tomás R. Jiménez takes us into the lives of later-generation descendents of Mexican immigrants, asking for the first time how this constant influx of immigrants from their ethnic homeland has shaped their assimilation. His nuanced investigation of this complex and little-studied phenomenon finds that continuous immigration has resulted in a vibrant ethnicity that later-generation Mexican Americans describe as both costly and beneficial. Replenished Ethnicity sheds new light on America's largest ethnic group, making it must reading for anyone interested in how immigration is changing the United States.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. Mexican Americans: A History of Replenishment and Assimilation

3. Dimensions of Mexican-American Assimilation

4. Replenishing Mexican Ethnicity

5. The Ties That Bind and Divide: Ethnic Boundaries and Ethnic Identity

6. Assessing Mexican Immigration: The Mexican-American Perspective

7. Ethnic Drawbridges: Unity and Division with Mexican Immigrants

8. Conclusion

Appendix A: Methodological

Appendix B: List of Respondents

Appendix C: Interview Questions

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

ISBN:

9786612359835

9781282359833

1282359835

9780520946071

0520946073

OCLC:

574434438