Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-237) and index.
Contents
Introduction: The New Hispanic Immigration Ch. 1. Intimate Strangers: Immigration to Queens Ch. 2. Participation in the American Polity: Why Citizenship Matters Ch. 3. Explaining Participation: Why It Takes So Long to Become a Citizen Ch. 4. Resistance from Outside: Machine Politics and the (Non)Incorporation of Immigrants Ch. 5. Resistance from Within: The Myth of Return and the Community of Memory Ch. 6. In between Identities: Race and Ethnicity in the American Context Ch. 7. The Politics of In between: Avoiding Irreconcilable Demands, Keeping Loyalties Ch. 8. Wanting It Both Ways: The Quest for Dual Citizenship Ch. 9. Wanting In: Latin American Immigrant Women and the Turn to Electoral Politics Ch. 10. Liminality and Democratic Citizenship.