Mayan journeys : U.S.-bound migration from a new sending community

Author(s)

• Cornelius, Wayne A.
• Fitzgerald, David
• Pedro Lewin Fischer

Bibliographic Information

Mayan journeys : U.S.-bound migration from a new sending community

edited by Wayne A. Cornelius, David Fitzgerald, Pedro Lewin Fischer

（CCIS anthologies, 4）

Center For Comparative Immigration Studies, UCSD, c2007

• : cloth
• : paper

Other Title

Mayan journeys : the new migration from Yucatán to the United States

Note

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Yucatan, an impoverished state in southern Mexico, has recently emerged as a significant source of US-bound migrants. Why did this state's indigenous population wait so long to enter the migration stream, and how do their experiences differ from those of earlier more traditional migrants?Mayan Journeys explores how internal migration to southern Mexico's tourist resorts serves as a springboard for international migration and how the new migrants navigate enhanced obstacles at the US-Mexico border and enter the US labor force. Drawing on an extensive 2006 survey of migrants and potential migrants in Tunkas, Yucatan, and its satellite communities in Southern California, the authors provide.

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Details

• NCID: BA86426892
• ISBN:
  • 9780970283887
  • 9780970283894
• LCCN: 2007033246
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: La Jolla, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 257 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JV6475
  • DC22 : 304.8/73001749742
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Mayas -- Migrations
  • LCSH : Mexicans -- United States
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA70781079