Format:
1 online resource (248 pages)
ISBN:
9780804783163
Content:
This book examines middle-class Mexican Americans' patterns of mobility and incorporation.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Class, Assimilation, and Mexican Americans -- 2. Mexican Americans Yesterday and Today -- 3. Barrios to Burbs: Divergent Class Backgrounds and Pathways into the Middle Class -- 4. Family Obligations: The Immigrant Narrative and Middle-Class Individualism -- 5. Mexican Americans or Coconuts? Middle-Class Minority and American Identities -- 6. Ethnic Professional Associations and the Minority Culture of Mobility -- 7. Conclusion: The New American Middle Class -- Appendix A: Notes on Fieldwork -- Appendix B: List of In-Depth Interview Respondents -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
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Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Class, Assimilation, and Mexican Americans; 2. Mexican Americans Yesterday and Today; 3. Barrios to Burbs: Divergent Class Backgrounds and Pathways into the Middle Class; 4. Family Obligations: The Immigrant Narrative and Middle-Class Individualism; 5. Mexican Americans or Coconuts? Middle-Class Minority and American Identities; 6. Ethnic Professional Associations and the Minority Culture of Mobility; 7. Conclusion: The New American Middle Class; Appendix A: Notes on Fieldwork; Appendix B: List of In-Depth Interview Respondents; Notes; References
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Index
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divergent class backgrounds and pathways into the middle class -- Family obligations, giving back, and middle-class individualism -- Mexicans or coconuts : middle-class minority and American identities -- Ethnic professional associations and the minority culture of mobility -- Conclusion : the new American middle class
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780804781398
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780804781398
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=978478
