Crossings : Mexican immigration in interdisciplinary perspectives / edited by Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco
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| Subjects: | Mexican Americans--Social conditions Immigrants--United States--Social conditions Mexico--Emigration and immigration United States--Emigration and immigration |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, c1998 |
| Series: | David Rockefeller Center Series on Latin American Studies, Harvard University] |
| LC Classification: | E |
| Table of Contents: | Acknowledgments Ch. 1. Introduction: Crossings: Mexican Immigration in Interdisciplinary Perspectives / Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco 3 Ch. 2. Recent Structural Changes in Mexico's Economy: A Preliminary Analysis of Some Sources of Mexican Migration to the United States / Enrique Dussel Peters 53 Commentary / John H. Coatsworth Ch. 3. U.S. Immigration Policies and Trends: The Growing Importance of Migration from Mexico / Susan Gonzalez Baker, Frank D. Bean, Augustin Escobar Latapi [et al.] 79 Commentary / Mary C. Waters Ch. 4. The Structural Embeddedness of Demand for Mexican Immigrant Labor: New Evidence from California / Wayne A. Cornelius 113 Commentary / Robert Smith Ch. 5. Dimensions of Economic Adaptation by Mexican-Origin Men / Dowell Myers 157 Commentary / Nathan Glazer Ch. 6. Migration and Integration: Intermarriages among Mexicans and Non-Mexicans in the United States / Jorge Durand 207 Commentary / Merilee Grindle Ch. 7. Access to Health Insurance and Health Care for Mexican American Children in Immigrant Families / E. Richard Brown, Roberta Wyn, Hongjian Yu [et al.] 225 Commentary / Felton Earls Ch. 8. The Education of Mexican Immigrant Children / Enrique T. Trueba 251 Commentary / Gary Orfield Ch. 9. Cultural Mourning, Immigration, and Engagement: Vignettes from the Mexican Experience / Ricardo C. Ainslie 283 Commentary / Peggy Levitt Ch. 10. Ethnic Mexicans and the Transformation of "American" Social Space: Reflections on Recent History / David G. Gutierrez 307 Commentary / George J. Sanchez Ch. 11. The U.S. Immigration Control Offensive: Constructing an Image of Order on the Southwest Border / Peter Andreas 341 Commentary / Jacqueline Hagan Ch. 12. Immigration and Public Opinion / Thomas J. Espenshade, Maryanne Belanger 363 Commentary / Michael Jones-Correa Epilogue / Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco 413 Index 421 |
| Additional Authors: | Suárez-Orozco, Marcelo M., 1956- David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies |
| Notes: | LCCN: 98018176 ISBN: 0674177665 (hardcover) ISBN: 0674177673 (pbk.) Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | vii, 440 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 38890862 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0674177665 0674177673 |