Yucatecans in Dallas, Texas - Adler, Rachel H
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Through fascinating vignettes and case studies, this unique text illustrates how Yucatecan migrants actively maintain social ties across borders. It also paints a vivid picture of the people and their lives. It places them in the context of current U.S. immigration policy and mesmerizes students by bringing them up to speed on one of the most crucial issues facing the U.S. today. Product Description This update of a beautifully written ethnography on Yucatecan migrants in Dallas, TX, is a "best-of" in Allyn & Bacon's New Immigrants Series.
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Through fascinating vignettes and case studies, this unique text illustrates how Yucatecan migrants actively maintain social ties across borders. It also paints a vivid picture of the people and their lives. It places them in the context of current U.S. immigration policy and mesmerizes students by bringing them up to speed on one of the most crucial issues facing the U.S. today. Product Description
This update of a beautifully written ethnography on Yucatecan migrants in Dallas, TX, is a "best-of" in Allyn & Bacon's New Immigrants Series.

Through fascinating vignettes and case studies, this unique text illustrates how these migrants actively maintain social ties across borders and paints a vivid picture of the people and their lives, it also places them in the context of current U.S. immigration policy. This is a must-read book that will mesmerize students and bring them up to speed on one of the most crucial issues facing the U.S. today. Features + Benefits

Provides a real-life illustration of a currently hot topic in anthropology, the social sciences, and the general public-immigration.

Focuses on one community and concentrates on transnationalism.

Offers ideal material for scholars of migration.

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Yucatecans in Dallas, Texas: Breaching the Border, Bridging the Distance, 2e

by Rachel H. Adler

Other Titles in the New Immigrants Series

Allyn & Bacon

Series Editor, Nancy Foner, Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York

Nuer Journeys, Nuer Lives: Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota, 2e
byJon D. Holtzman

From the Workers' State to the Golden State: Jews from the Former Soviet Union in California

by Steven J. Gold

The Legacy of Exile: Cubans in the United States

by Guillermo J. Grenier and Lisandro Pérez

New Pioneers in the Heartland: Hmong Life in Wisconsin

by Jo Ann Koltyk

From the Ganges to the Hudson: Indian Immigrants in New York City

by Johanna Lessinger

Salvadorans in Suburbia: Symbiosis and Conflict

by Sarah J. Mahler

An Invisible Minority: Brazilians in New York City

by Maxine L. Margolis

Changes and Conflicts: Korean Immigrant Families in New York

by Pyong Gap Min

A Visa for A Dream: Dominicans in the United States

by Patricia R. Pessar

Pride against Prejudice: Haitians in the United States

by Alex Stepick

Ethnicity and Entrepreneurship: The New Chinese Immigrants in the San Francisco Bay Area

by Bernard Wong

Foreword to the Series

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Studying the Yucatecans in Dallas

Overview

Kaal as Context

Yucatan in the Context of United States-Mexico Migration

Living in Kaal

The Meaning of "Mayanness"

Conclusion

Yucatecans in the "Big D"

Racial and Ethnic Relations in Dallas

The Yucatecans in Dallas

Conclusion

Crossing the Line: Migrants and the U.S.-Mexico Border

U.S. Migration Law, Border Crossing, and Transnational Migration

The Border Crossing Process

Effects of Border Crossing

Border Crossing: "Weapon of the Weak"

Migrant Agendas and Transnationalism

Yucatecan Migrant Agendas

Migrant Agendas: Two Examples

Circumventing the Nation-State

Dallas-Yucatan Transnational Migration

Goods and Information

Conclusion

Women and Men Migrants

Women and Men from Kaal: Gendered Social Spheres

Case Studies of Migrant Couples

Discussion of the Cases

Conclusion: Yucatecan Men and Women in Dallas

Conclusion

Yucatecan Migrants and Social Change

Final Thoughts: Will Transnationalism Last?

Epilogue

References

Index

"Yucatecans in Dallas, Texas: Breaching the Border, Bridging the Distance, "2eby Rachel H. Adler Other Titles in the New Immigrants SeriesAllyn & Bacon Series Editor, Nancy Foner, Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York Nuer Journeys, Nuer Lives: Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota, 2e byJon D. Holtzman From the Workers' State to the Golden State: Jews from the Former Soviet Union in Californiaby Steven J. Gold The Legacy of Exile: Cubans in the United Statesby Guillermo J. Grenier and Lisandro PErez New Pioneers in the Heartland: Hmong Life in Wisconsinby Jo Ann Koltyk From the Ganges to the Hudson: Indian Immigrants in New York Cityby Johanna Lessinger Salvadorans in Suburbia: Symbiosis and Conflictby Sarah J. Mahler An Invisible Minority: Brazilians in New York Cityby Maxine L. Margolis Changes and Conflicts: Korean Immigrant Families in New Yorkby Pyong Gap Min A Visa for A Dream: Dominicans in the United Statesby Patricia R. Pessar "Pride against Prejudice: Haitians in the United States"by Alex Stepick Ethnicity and Entrepreneurship: The New Chinese Immigrants in the San Francisco Bay Areaby Bernard Wong
Autorenporträt
Rachel H. Adler is Professor of Sociology at the College of New Jersey. Her research interests include Urban Anthropology, including Latino Immigration to the US, and Medical Anthropology, particularly Nursing Practice. Nancy Foner is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Her main area of interest is immigration, particularly comparing immigration today with earlier periods in the United States, the immigrant experience in various American gateway cities, and immigrants in the United States and Europe. She is the author or editor of eighteen books.