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Author Agius Vallejo, Jody, author.

Title Barrios to burbs : the making of the Mexican American middle class / Jody Agius Vallejo.

Publication Info. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2012]
©2012

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  973.0468 A268B    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 231 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Class, assimilation, and Mexican Americans -- Mexican Americans yesterday and today -- Barrios to burbs : divergent class backgrounds and pathways into the middle class -- Family obligations : the immigrant narrative and middle-class individualism -- Mexican Americans or coconuts : middle-class minority and American identities -- Ethnic professional associations and the minority culture of mobility -- Conclusion : the new American middle class.
Subject Middle class Mexican Americans.
Mexican Americans -- Social conditions.
Social mobility -- United States.
ISBN 9780804781398 cloth alkaline paper
0804781397 cloth alkaline paper
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