Mexican Hometown Associations in Chicagoacán: From Local to Transnational Civic Engagement

by Xóchitl Bada

Book Overview

Chicago is home to the second-largest Mexican immigrant population in the United States, yet the activities of this community have gone relatively unexamined by both the media and academia. In this groundbreaking new book, X chitl Bada takes us inside one of the most vital parts of Chicago's Mexican immigrant community--its many hometown associations.

Hometown associations (HTAs) consist of immigrants from the same town in Mexico and often...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813564921
• ISBN13: 9780813564920
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary