| Description |
x, 375 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-349) and index. |
| Contents |
Transnational life in ethnographic perspective -- 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. |
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Mexican Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.
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Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.
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Transnationalism.
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United States -- Relations -- Mexico.
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Mexico -- Relations -- United States.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Emigration and immigration.
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Puebla (Mexico : State) -- Emigration and immigration.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations.
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| ISBN |
0520244125 cloth alkaline paper |
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0520244133 paperback alkaline paper |
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