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Yucatecans in Dallas, Texas: Breaching the Border, Bridging the Distance (Part of the New Immigrants Series) 1/e

Rachel H. Adler

Published July 2003 by Allyn & Bacon
Copyright 2004, 160 pp., Paper
ISBN: 0-205-34989-7
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$23.60

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Summary

Yucatecans in Dallas, Texas: Breaching the Border, Bridging the Distance
Rachel H. Adler, The College of New Jersey

This beautifully written ethnography on Yucatecan migrants in Dallas, TX, is a fabulous addition to the Allyn & Bacon New Immigrant Series. Through fascinating vignettes and case studies, this new one-of-kind text illustrates how these migrants actively maintain social ties across borders, and paints a vivid picture of the people and their lives that will mesmerize students.

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Changes and Conflicts: Korean Immigrant Families in New York
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Pride Against Prejudice: Haitians in the United States
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Ethnicity and Entrepreneurship: The New Chinese Immigrants in the San Francisco Bay Area
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Changing Identities: Vietnamese Americans 1975-1995
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The Legacy of Exile: Cubans in the United States
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From the Workers' State to the Golden State: Jews from the Former Soviet Union in California
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Salvadorans in Suburbia: Symbiosis and Conflict
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A Visa for a Dream: Dominicans in the United States
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Features

  • Focuses on one community and concentrates on transnationalism.
  • Offers ideal material for scholars of migration.


Table of Contents



 1. Kaal as Context.


 2. Yucatecans in the “Big D.”


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


 4. Migrant Agendas and Transnationalism.


 5. Women and Men Migrants.


 6. Conclusion.



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