Making Los Angeles home : the integration of Mexican immigrants in the United States

Making Los Angeles home : the integration of Mexican immigrants in the United States /

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"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, cul...

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Main Authors: Alarcón, Rafael (Author), Escala-Rabadan, Luis, 1959- (Author), Odgers, Olga (Author)
Other Authors: Cluster, Dick, 1947- (Translator), Waldinger, Roger David (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2016
Edition:English-language edition.
Subjects:
Mexicans > California > Los Angeles > Social conditions.
Mexican Americans > California > Los Angeles > Social conditions.
Immigrants > California > Los Angeles > Social conditions.
Social integration > California > Los Angeles.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Mexico > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Theoretical perspectives on immigrant integration
  • Mexican immigration and the development of the Los Angeles metropolitan area
  • Statistical analysis of Mexican immigrants' integration in the metropolitan Los Angeles area
  • Economic integration : mobility, labor niches, and low-end jobs
  • Social integration : building a family, a community, and a life
  • Cultural integration : redefining identities in a diverse city
  • Political integration : from life in the margins to the pursuit of recognition
  • Public policies and Mexican immigrant integration in the city and county of Los Angeles.

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