MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02143nam a22003498a 4500
001 2007010496
003 DLC
005 20070321194911.0
008 070312s2008 mau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007010496
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040 $aDLC$cDLC
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050 00 $aF394.D219$bM53 2008
082 00 $a305.8968/7207642812$222
100 1 $aAdler, Rachel H.$q(Rachel Husin)
245 10 $aYucatecans in Dallas, Texas :$bbreaching the border, bridging the distance /$cRachel H. Adler.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aBoston :$bAllyn & Bacon,$cc2008.
263 $a0707
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aThe new immigrants series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aKaal as context -- Yucatan in the context of United States-Mexico migration -- Living in Kaal -- The meaning of "Mayanness" -- Yucatecans in the "Big D" -- Racial and ethnic relations in Dallas -- The Yucatecans in Dallas -- 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 -- 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 -- Yucatecan migrants and social change -- Final thoughts : will transnationalism last?
650 0 $aMexican Americans$xCultural assimilation$zTexas$zDallas.
650 0 $aMexican Americans$zTexas$zDallas$xSocial conditions.
650 0 $aImmigrants$zTexas$zDallas$xSocial conditions.
650 0 $aAssimilation (Sociology)$zTexas$zDallas.
651 0 $aDallas (Tex.)$xEthnic relations.
651 0 $aDallas (Tex.)$xEmigration and immigration.
651 0 $aYucatán (Mexico : State)$xEmigration and immigration.