{"product_id":"making-los-angeles-home-the-integration-of-mexican-immigrants-in-the-united-states-hardcover","title":"Making Los Angeles Home: The Integration of Mexican Immigrants in the United States - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRafael Alarcon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLuis Escala\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eOlga Odgers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaking Los Angeles Home\u003c\/i\u003e examines the different integration strategies implemented by Mexican immigrants in the Los Angeles region. Relying on statistical data and ethnographic information, the authors analyze four different dimensions of the immigrant integration process (economic, social, cultural, and political) and show that there is no single path for its achievement, but instead an array of strategies that yield different results. However, their analysis also shows that immigrants' successful integration essentially depends upon their legal status and long residence in the region. The book shows that, despite this finding, immigrants nevertheless decide to settle in Los Angeles, the place where they have made their homes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA highly original book that remedies the homogenizing tendency of many scholars in the United States to paint Mexican immigrants with the same brush. --Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, author of \u003ci\u003eParadise Transplanted: Migration and the Making of California Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"This is an ambitious book written in the grand tradition of the migration studies classics. The authors question how America's largest immigrant group is integrating into its main immigrant gateway city. Their answers are theoretically fresh and nuanced. \u003ci\u003eMaking Los Angeles Home\u003c\/i\u003e will be read for decades to come.\"--David FitzGerald, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eCulling the Masses: The Democratic Origins of Racist Immigration Policy in the Americas\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eMaking Los Angeles Home\u003c\/i\u003e is the best book we have for understanding the complexities of the integration trajectories of Mexican immigrants. This book demolishes the simplistic generalizations that are all too commonly invoked to characterize the most important immigrant group in the United States.\"--Richard Alba, author of \u003ci\u003eStrangers No More: The Challenges of Integration in North America and Western Europe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRafael Alarcón has a PhD in city and regional planning from UC Berkeley and is a professor and researcher at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte. Luis Escala has a PhD in sociology from UCLA and is a professor and researcher at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte. \u003cb\u003eOlga Odgers\u003c\/b\u003e has a PhD in sociology from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales-Paris and is a professor and researcher at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte. \u003cb\u003eDick Cluster\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and translator in Oakland, California, and the former Associate Director of the Honors Program at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47453376512178,"sku":"9780520284852","price":171.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/3c590380ec5a12184d95dc19e309bb6a_5d8bd75e-e8a3-4093-90dd-4ff3247e3b16.webp?v=1778828918","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/making-los-angeles-home-the-integration-of-mexican-immigrants-in-the-united-states-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}