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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 Mexican Americans describe as both costly and beneficial. Replenished Ethnicity sheds new light on America's largest ethnic group, making it must reading for anyone interested in how immigration is changing the United States.
Price: $29.95
Pages: 366
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date:
18 November 2009
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780520261426
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
“Convincing and well documented. . . . A significant addition to assimilation theory.”
Tomás R. Jiménez is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Stanford University and an Irvine Fellow at the New America Foundation.
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Mexican Americans: A History of Replenishment and Assimilation
3. Dimensions of Mexican-American Assimilation
4. Replenishing Mexican Ethnicity
5. The Ties That Bind and Divide: Ethnic Boundaries and Ethnic Identity
6. Assessing Mexican Immigration: The Mexican-American Perspective
7. Ethnic Drawbridges: Unity and Division with Mexican Immigrants
8. Conclusion
Appendix A: Methodological Issues
Appendix B: List of Respondents
Appendix C: Interview Questions
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Mexican Americans: A History of Replenishment and Assimilation
3. Dimensions of Mexican-American Assimilation
4. Replenishing Mexican Ethnicity
5. The Ties That Bind and Divide: Ethnic Boundaries and Ethnic Identity
6. Assessing Mexican Immigration: The Mexican-American Perspective
7. Ethnic Drawbridges: Unity and Division with Mexican Immigrants
8. Conclusion
Appendix A: Methodological Issues
Appendix B: List of Respondents
Appendix C: Interview Questions
Notes
Bibliography
Index