| Description |
xiv, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The New Americans, 1092-6364 |
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New Americans (Westport, Conn.)
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| Contents |
Geography -- Early Civilizations -- Spanish Conquest -- Spanish Culture in the New World -- Mexican Independence -- The U.S.-Mexico War of 1845 -- Mexico under Benito Juarez -- The Mexican Revolution and Immigration -- Mexico under Diaz (1876-1911) -- The Mexican Revolution of 1910 -- Immigration to the United States -- Immigrant Culture -- Continued Immigration, World Wars, and Aftermath -- Continued Immigration and Labor Unrest (1920-1940) -- World War II and the Bracero Program -- The Impact of Mexican Immigration -- The Immigration Act of 1965 and Other Acts -- Operation Wetback -- The McCarran-Walter Act of 1952 -- Mexico's Economic Crisis and Increased Mexican Immigration -- The Hart-Cellar Immigration Act of 1965 -- Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 -- Consequences for Mexican Immigrant Communities -- A Demographic Profile of Mexican Immigrants in the United States -- Population Size and Composition -- Age and Family Structure -- Educational Attainment -- Poverty -- Occupation and Income -- Mexican Immigrant Business Owners -- Family, Culture, and Life Cycle Rituals -- The Family -- Religious Life Cycle Rituals -- Birth and Baptism Rituals -- La Quinceanera: The Mexican Debutante -- Marriage Rituals -- Funeral Rituals -- Retaining Mexican Culture and Identity -- Living "Mexican" in the United States -- The Mexican Government and Mexican Immigrants -- Language -- Spanish-Language Newspapers -- Television and Mexican Immigrant Communities -- The Catholic Church and Mexican Immigrants -- Religious Practices. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-209) and index. |
| Subject |
Mexican Americans -- History.
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Mexican Americans -- Social conditions.
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Mexican Americans -- Social life and customs.
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Immigrants -- United States -- History.
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Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
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United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
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| ISBN |
0313314993 alkaline paper |
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