Crossings : Mexican immigration in interdisciplinary perspectives /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, c1998. |
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| Description: | vii, 440 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | [The David Rockefeller Center Series on Latin American Studies, Harvard University] David Rockefeller Center series on Latin American studies, Harvard University. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3302746 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- I. overview
- Chapter 1. Introduction: Crossings
- Mexican Immigration in Interdisciplinary Perspectives
- II. Antecedents And New Demographic Formations
- Chapter 2. Recent Structural Changes in Mexico's Economy
- A Preliminary Analysis of Some Sources of Mexican Migration to the United States
- Enrique
- Commentary
- Chapter 3. U.S. Immigration Policies and Trends: The Growing Importance of Migration from Mexico
- Commentary
- III. Economic Themes
- Chapter 4. The Structural Embeddedness of Demand for Mexican Immigrant Labor
- New Evidence from California
- Commentary
- Chapter 5. Dimensions of Economic Adaptation
- Commentary
- IV. Social Themes
- Chapter 6. Migration and Integration: Intermarriages among Mexicans and Non-Mexicans in the United States
- Commentary
- Chapter 7. Access to Health Insurance and Health Care for Mexican American Children in Immigrant Families
- Commentary
- Chapter 8. The Education of Mexican Immigrant Children
- Commentary
- V. Psychocultural Themes
- Chapter 9. Cultural Mourning, Immigration, and Engagement
- Vignettes from the Mexican Experience
- Commentary
- Chapter 10. Ethnic Mexicans and the Transformation of "American" Social Space
- Reflections on Recent History
- Commentary
- Chapter 11. The U.S Immigration Control Offensive
- Constructing an Image of Order on the Southwest Border
- Commentary
- Chapter 12. Immigration and Public Opinion
- Commentary
- Epilogue
- Index
