Making Los Angeles Home: The Integration of Mexican Immigrants in the United States

by Olga Odgers, Rafael Alarcon, Luis Escala

Book Overview

Making Los Angeles Home 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520284860
• ISBN13: 9780520284869
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.9"