ISBN:
0520960521
,
9780520960527
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Alarcón, Rafael, author Making Los Angeles home
DDC:
305.8968/72079494
Keywords:
Immigrants Social conditions
;
Social integration
;
Mexican Americans Social conditions
;
Mexicans Social conditions
;
Mexican Americans ; Social conditions
;
Mexicans ; Social conditions
;
Social integration
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
;
Emigration and immigration ; Social aspects
;
Immigrants ; Social conditions
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology ; General
;
Mexico Emigration and immigration
;
Social aspects
;
Los Angeles (Calif.) Emigration and immigration
;
Social aspects
;
California ; Los Angeles
;
Mexico
Abstract:
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
Abstract:
"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"--Provided by publisher
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
Volltext
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URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520284852.001.0001
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