Making Los Angeles home : the integration of Mexican immigrants in the United States

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Making Los Angeles home : the integration of Mexican immigrants in the United States

Rafael Alarcón, Luis Escala, Olga Odgers ; translated by Dick Cluster

University of California Press, c2016

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Mudando el hogar al norte : trayectorias de integración de los inmigrantes mexicanos en Los Ángeles

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"Spanish-language edition c2012 by El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, A.C."--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-254) and index

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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.

Table of Contents

Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction PART ONE. Theoretical, Historical, and Statistical Aspects of Mexican Immigrant Integration in Metropolitan Los Angeles 1. Theoretical Perspectives on Immigrant Integration 2. Mexican Immigration and the Development of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area 3. Statistical Analysis of Mexican Immigrants' Integration in the Metropolitan Los Angeles Area PART TWO. Dimensions of Integration among Immigrants from Zacatecas, Oaxaca, and Veracruz 4. Economic Integration: Mobility, Labor Niches, and Low-End Jobs 5. Social Integration: Building a Family, a Community, and a Life 6. Cultural Integration: Redefining Identities in a Diverse Metropolis 7. Political Integration: From Life in the Margins to the Pursuit of Recognition PART THREE. Government Intervention and the Immigrant Population 8. Public Policies and Mexican Immigrant Integration in the City and County of Los Angeles Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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