Replenished ethnicity : Mexican Americans, immigration, and identity

Replenished ethnicity : Mexican Americans, immigration, and identity / Tomás R. Jiménez.

Unlike the wave of immigration that came through Ellis Island and then subsided, immigration to the United States from Mexico has been virtually uninterrupted for one hundred years. In this vividly detailed book, Tomás R. Jiménez takes us into the lives of later-generation descendents of Mexican i...

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Main Author: Jiménez, Tomás R. (Tomás Roberto), 1975-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2010.
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series)
Subjects:
Mexican Americans > Cultural assimilation.
Mexican Americans > Race identity.
Mexicans > Cultural assimilation > United States.
Mexicans > Race identity > United States.
Mexican Americans > Ethnic identity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
Mexican Americans > Cultural assimilation
Mexican Americans > Race identity
Mexicans > Cultural assimilation
Mexicans > Race identity
United States > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
United States
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Summary:Unlike the wave of immigration that came through Ellis Island and then subsided, immigration to the United States from Mexico has been virtually uninterrupted for one hundred years. In this vividly detailed book, Tomás R. Jiménez takes us into the lives of later-generation descendents of Mexican immigrants, asking for the first time how this constant influx of immigrants from their ethnic homeland has shaped their assimilation. His nuanced investigation of this complex and little-studied phenomenon finds that continuous immigration has resulted in a vibrant ethnicity that later-generation Mexi.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 347 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520946071
0520946073
9780520261419
0520261410
1282359835
9781282359833
9780520261426
0520261429
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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