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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081356493X
• ISBN13: 9780813564937
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary