2010, ISBN: 9780520261419

Hardcover

University of California Press, 2010. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth hardcover, xviii + 347 pages, NOT ex-library. Clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions a… More...

University of California Press, 2010. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth hardcover, xviii + 347 pages, NOT ex-library. Clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. A short pen line on the lower page edges externally. An ISBN barcode sticker on the rear board. Published without a dust jacket. -- 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. -- Contents: Introduction; Mexican Americans: A History of Replenishment and Assimilation; Dimensions of Mexican-American Assimilation; Replenishing Mexican Ethnicity; The Ties That Bind and Divide: Ethnic Boundaries and Ethnic Identity; Assessing Mexican Immigration: The Mexican-American Perspective; Ethnic Drawbridges: Unity and Division with Mexican Immigrants; Conclusion; Appendix A: Methodological Issues; Appendix B: List of Respondents; Appendix C: Interview Questions; Notes; Bibliography; Index, University of California Press, 2010, 3<