Familia: Migration and Adaptation in Baja and Alta California, 1800-1975

by Robert S. Alvarez, Robert R. Álvarez Jr., Robert R. Alvarez

Book Overview

Anthropologists, historians, and sociologists will find here a striking challenge to accepted explanations of the northward movement of migrants from Mexico into the United States. Alvarez investigates the life histories of pioneer migrants and their offspring, finding a human dimension to migration which centers on the family. Spanish, American, and English exploits paved the way for exchange between Baja and Alta California. Alvarez shows how cultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520073894
• ISBN13: 9780520073890
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"