Beschreibung:
Studies poor and working-class Mexicans in the USA, showing how migration influences the creation of identity, family, and community and how it affects even those who don't themselves actually migrate.
Preface ixAcknowledgments xvIntroduction. The Mexican Diaspora in the United States 11. Crossings 252. Migrations 553. The Working Poor 894. Migrant Family Formations 1235. The Divided Home 1576. Transnational Cultural Memory 190Epilogue 226Appendix. Research Participants 233Notes 239References 281Index 319