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Mexican New York : transnational lives of new immigrants /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Robert C., 1964-
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2006]
Subjects:
Mexican Americans > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions.
Immigrants > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions.
Transnationalism.
United States > Relations > Mexico.
Mexico > Relations > United States.
New York (N.Y.) > Emigration and immigration.
Puebla (Mexico : State) > Emigration and immigration.
New York (N.Y.) > Ethnic relations.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • [new title to come]
  • Mexican immigrants in New York and Puebla : the dual contexts for transnational life
  • "Los ausentes siempre presentes" : imagining and making a local-level transnational political community
  • The defeat of Don Victorio and why it matters : transnationalization, democratization, and regime change on local, state, and federal levels
  • Gender strategies, settlement, and transnational life
  • "In Ticuani, he goes crazy" : the second generation renegotiates gender in Ticuani
  • "Padre Jesus is our protector" : adolescence, religion, and social location in New York and Ticuani
  • "I'll go back next year" : local-level transnational life across the life course
  • Defending your name in New York and Ticuani : the roots and transnationalization of Mexican gangs
  • "Why you gotta mess up a good place?" : returning to a changed Ticuani.