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Beyond the borderlands : migration and belonging in the United States and Mexico / Debra Lattanzi Shutika

Lattanzi Shutika, Debra [Verfasser] [1964-]

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (xi, 299 pages) : Illustrations, maps

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-0-520-95023-8 ; 0-520-95023-2 ; 1-283-27847-2 ; 978-1-283-27847-8 ; 978-0-520-26958-3

LB 48610 LB 56625 MS 3600

 

USA  Mexikaner  Assimilation, Soziologie  Ethnische Identität  Migration 

Over the last three decades, migration from Mexico to the United States has moved beyond the borderlands to diverse communities across the country, with the most striking transformations in American suburbs and small towns. This study explores the challenges encountered by Mexican families as they endeavor to find their place in the U.S. by focusing on Kennett Square, a small farming village in Pennsylvania known as the "Mushroom Capital of the World." In a highly readable account based on extensive fieldwork among Mexican migrants and their American neighbors, Debra Lattanzi Shutika explores.