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Author Haley, Brian D

Title Reimagining the immigrant : the accommodation of Mexican immigrants in rural America / Brian D. Haley
Edition 1st ed
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 239 pages) : illustrations, maps, digital
Contents The changing farm and town -- Making social categories from local roots and class -- The rhetoric and practice of ethnicity -- Institutions, leadership, and community -- "we want our town back!" -- Sources of local integration -- The Delictum Vineyards scandal and its aftermath -- Immigration's dual outcomes
Summary Reimagining the Immigrant examines integrative practices by residents towards Mexican immigrants in a small farm town in California. Bolstered by ethnographic detail, Haley describes the complex interaction between the farm labor market, migration, and settlement alternatives available to farm workers, shedding light on the coexisting practices of discrimination and accommodation and the ways in which immigrants and established residents reimagine ethnic identity in a more positive light
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Migrant agricultural laborers -- California -- San Luis Obispo County -- Social conditions
Mexicans -- California -- San Luis Obispo County -- Social conditions
Agriculture -- Social aspects -- California -- San Luis Obispo County
Migration, immigration & emigration -- Mexico -- USA.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Society.
Agriculture -- Social aspects
Emigration and immigration
Mexicans -- Social conditions
Migrant agricultural laborers -- Social conditions
Race relations
Rural conditions
Landarbeiter
Einwanderung
Auswanderung
SUBJECT San Luis Obispo County (Calif.) -- Rural conditions
San Luis Obispo County (Calif.) -- Race relations
Mexico -- Emigration and immigration
United States -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140040
Subject California -- San Luis Obispo County
Mexico
United States
Mexiko
USA
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780230104198
0230104193
9780230616028
023061602X