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Author : René Pérez Rosenbaum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Migration and Integration of Latinos Into Rural Midwestern Communities written by René Pérez Rosenbaum and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Julia Albarracín
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781628962659
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (626 download)
Download or read book At the Core and in the Margins written by Julia Albarracín and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beardstown and Monmouth, Illinois, two rural Midwestern towns, have been transformed by immigration in the last three decades. This book examines how Mexican immigrants who have made these towns their homes have integrated legally, culturally, and institutionally. What accounts for the massive growth in the Mexican immigrant populations in these two small towns, and what does the future hold for them? Based on 260 surveys and 47 in-depth interviews, this study combines quantitative and qualitative research to explore the level and characteristics of immigrant incorporation in Beardstown and Monmouth. It assesses the advancement of immigrants in the immigration/ residency/citizenship process, the immigrants' level of cultural integration (via language, their connectedness with other members of society, and their relationships with neighbors), the degree and characteristics of discrimination against immigrants in these two towns, and the extent to which immigrants participate in different social and political activities and trust government institutions. Immigrants in new destinations are likely to be poorer, to be less educated, and to have weaker English-language skills than immigrants in traditional destinations. Studying how this population negotiates the obstacles to and opportunities for incorporation is crucial
Author : Sarah F. May
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book A Qualitative Exploration of Latino Immigrant Integration in the Rural Midwest written by Sarah F. May and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Data from the 2010 Census indicate that between 2000-2010, the most significant Latino population growth occurred in the South (57% increase) and Midwest (49% increase). Much of this increase is due to the migration of immigrants from urban areas to suburban and rural communities. Much of the extant literature on Latino immigrant integration focuses on urban areas and only accounts for the immigrants' perspective. The current study employs qualitative research methods to better understand the context of immigrant reception in rural Midwest settings from the perspective of both the long-term community residents and the Latino immigrant newcomers. The work is situated within a social constructivist paradigm, utilizing the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework and Interactive Acculturation Model. Focus groups were conducted with 28 participants (11 long-term community residents, 17 Latino immigrant newcomers) in a small farming community. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006). Findings include six general themes which were contextualized using Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Framework (1979): physical location and community resources, endorsement of personal values and beliefs, perceptions of their community's atmosphere, perceptions of people within their community, unique personal experiences within the community, and suggestions for community improvement. Limitations of the study and suggestions for future research are discussed.
Author : Rubén O. Martinez
Publisher : MSU Press
ISBN 13 : 1609172132
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Latinos in the Midwest written by Rubén O. Martinez and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past twenty years, the Latino population in the Midwest has grown rapidly, both in urban and rural areas. As elsewhere in the country, shifting demographics in the region have given rise to controversy and mixed reception. Where some communities have greeted Latinos openly, others have been more guarded. In spite of their increasing presence, Latinos remain the most marginalized major population group in the country. In coming years, the projected growth of this population will require greater attention from policymakers concerned with helping to incorporate them into the nation’s core institutions. This eye-opening collection of essays examines the many ways in which an increase in the Latino population has impacted the Midwest—culturally, economically, educationally, and politically. Drawing on studies, personal histories, legal rulings, and other sources, this book takes an interdisciplinary approach to an increasingly important topic in American society and offers a glimpse into the nation’s demographic future.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309165075
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2006-02-23 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given current demographic trends, nearly one in five U.S. residents will be of Hispanic origin by 2025. This major demographic shift and its implications for both the United States and the growing Hispanic population make Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies a most timely book. This report from the National Research Council describes how Hispanics are transforming the country as they disperse geographically. It considers their roles in schools, in the labor market, in the health care system, and in U.S. politics. The book looks carefully at the diverse populations encompassed by the term "Hispanic," representing immigrants and their children and grandchildren from nearly two dozen Spanish-speaking countries. It describes the trajectory of the younger generations and established residents, and it projects long-term trends in population aging, social disparities, and social mobility that have shaped and will shape the Hispanic experience.
Author : Ann V. Millard
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292749589
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)
Download or read book Apple Pie and Enchiladas written by Ann V. Millard and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sudden influx of significant numbers of Latinos to the rural Midwest stems from the recruitment of workers by food processing plants and small factories springing up in rural areas. Mostly they work at back-breaking jobs that local residents are not willing to take because of the low wages and few benefits. The region has become the scene of dramatic change involving major issues facing our country—the intertwining of ethnic differences, prejudice, and poverty; the social impact of a low-wage workforce resulting from corporate transformations; and public policy questions dealing with economic development, taxation, and welfare payments. In this thorough multidisciplinary study, the authors explore both sides of this ethnic divide and provide the first volume to focus comprehensively on Latinos in the region by linking demographic and qualitative analysis to describe what brings Latinos to the area and how they are being accommodated in their new communities. The fact is that many Midwestern communities would be losing population and facing a dearth of workers if not for Latino newcomers. This finding adds another layer of social and economic complexity to the region's changing place in the global economy. The authors look at how Latinos fit into an already fractured social landscape with tensions among townspeople, farmers, and others. The authors also reveal the optimism that lies in the opposition of many Anglos to ethnic prejudice and racism.
Author : Aide Acosta
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (776 download)
Download or read book Home Making in Small-town America written by Aide Acosta and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home Making in Small-town America is an ethnographic study on recent Mexican migration to rural communities of east-central Illinois, and traces the cultural bases of a diasporic community in the context of citizenship and immigration debates. I examine how immigrants transform their world around them and use memory and nostalgia to construct their new lives in the Midwest. While Mexicans have often been theoretically and analytically situated within the borderlands 0́3 the geo-political and metaphorical spaces along the U.S./Mexico border, I argue that a theoretical framework of diaspora, which connects multiple communities of dispersed populations, is fruitful in understanding the ways in which Mexican immigrants maintain and (re)create, through acts of cultural citizenship, a sense of homeland and of belonging in new immigrant destinations such as the rural Midwest. At the turn of the new millennium, Latina/o migrants are making home new destinations. At the same time, these shifts have caused wide-spread panic in fear of the immigrant Other. In a post-9/11 America, immigrants have faced increased repression through policy, violence, and heightened vigilance. Yet, through diasporic practice and home making, Mexicans/Latinos settle in new destinations, and contribute with their labor and lives to the re-making of small-town America. In doing so they invoke memory, nostalgia, and love as the heartland is transformed.
Author : Susan Dieterlen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317422902
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Immigrant Pastoral written by Susan Dieterlen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immigrant Pastoral examines the growth of new Mexican heritage communities in the Midwest through the physical form of their cities and neighborhoods. The landscapes of these New Communities contrast with nearby small cities that are home to longstanding Mexican-American communities, where different landscapes reveal a history of inequality of opportunity. Together these two landscape types illustrate how inequality can persist or abate through comprehensive descriptions of the three main types of Midwestern Mexican-American landscapes: Established Communities, New Communities, and Mixed Communities. Each is described in spatial and non-spatial terms, with a focus on one example city. Specific directives about design and planning work in each landscape type follow these descriptions, presented in case studies of hypothetical landscape architectural projects. Subsequent chapters discuss less common Midwestern Mexican-American landscape types and their opportunities for design and planning, and implications for other immigrant communities in other places. This story of places shaped by immigrants new and old and the reactions of other residents to their arrival is critical to the future of all cities, towns, and neighborhoods striving to weather the economic transformations and demographic shifts of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The challenges facing these cities demand the recognition and appreciation of their multicultural assets, in order to craft a bright and inclusive future.
Author : Sujey Vega
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479896047
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)
Download or read book Latino Heartland written by Sujey Vega and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses the politics of immigration, in the everyday lives of one community National immigration debates have thrust both opponents of immigration and immigrant rights supporters into the news. But what happens once the rallies end and the banners come down? What is daily life like for Latinos who have been presented nationally as “terrorists, drug smugglers, alien gangs, and violent criminals”? Latino Heartland offers an ethnography of the Latino and non-Latino residents of a small Indiana town, showing how national debate pitted neighbor against neighbor—and the strategies some used to combat such animosity. It conveys the lived impact of divisive political rhetoric on immigration and how race, gender, class, and ethnicity inform community belonging in the twenty-first century. Latino Heartland illuminates how community membership was determined yet simultaneously re-made by those struggling to widen the scope of who was imagined as a legitimate resident citizen of this Midwestern space. The volume draws on interviews with Latinos—both new immigrants and long-standing U.S. citizens—and whites, as well as African Americans, to provide a sense of the racial dynamics in play as immigrants asserted their right to belong to the community. Latino Hoosiers asserted a right to redefine what belonging meant within their homes, at their spaces of worship, and in the public eye. Through daily acts of ethnic belonging, Spanish-speaking residents navigated their own sense of community that did not require that they abandon their difference just to be accepted. In Latino Heartland, Sujey Vega addresses the politics of immigration, showing us how increasingly diverse towns can work toward embracing their complexity.
Author : Julia Albarracín
Publisher : MSU Press
ISBN 13 : 1628952652
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (289 download)
Download or read book At the Core and in the Margins written by Julia Albarracín and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beardstown and Monmouth, Illinois, two rural Midwestern towns, have been transformed by immigration in the last three decades. This book examines how Mexican immigrants who have made these towns their homes have integrated legally, culturally, and institutionally. What accounts for the massive growth in the Mexican immigrant populations in these two small towns, and what does the future hold for them? Based on 260 surveys and 47 in-depth interviews, this study combines quantitative and qualitative research to explore the level and characteristics of immigrant incorporation in Beardstown and Monmouth. It assesses the advancement of immigrants in the immigration/ residency/citizenship process, the immigrants’ level of cultural integration (via language, their connectedness with other members of society, and their relationships with neighbors), the degree and characteristics of discrimination against immigrants in these two towns, and the extent to which immigrants participate in different social and political activities and trust government institutions. Immigrants in new destinations are likely to be poorer, to be less educated, and to have weaker English-language skills than immigrants in traditional destinations. Studying how this population negotiates the obstacles to and opportunities for incorporation is crucial.
Author : Victor Zuniga
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610445708
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)
Download or read book New Destinations written by Victor Zuniga and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2005-04-07 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mexican immigration to the United States—the oldest and largest immigration movement to this country—is in the midst of a fundamental transformation. For decades, Mexican immigration was primarily a border phenomenon, confined to Southwestern states. But legal changes in the mid-1980s paved the way for Mexican migrants to settle in parts of America that had no previous exposure to people of Mexican heritage. In New Destinations, editors Víctor Zúñiga and Rubén Hernández-León bring together an inter-disciplinary team of scholars to examine demographic, social, cultural, and political changes in areas where the incorporation of Mexican migrants has deeply changed the preexisting ethnic landscape. New Destinations looks at several of the communities where Mexican migrants are beginning to settle, and documents how the latest arrivals are reshaping—and being reshaped by—these new areas of settlement. Contributors Jorge Durand, Douglas Massey, and Chiara Capoferro use census data to diagram the historical evolution of Mexican immigration to the United States, noting the demographic, economic, and legal factors that led recent immigrants to move to areas where few of their predecessors had settled. Looking at two towns in Southern Louisiana, contributors Katharine Donato, Melissa Stainback, and Carl Bankston III reach a surprising conclusion: that documented immigrant workers did a poorer job of integrating into the local culture than their undocumented peers. They attribute this counterintuitive finding to documentation policies, which helped intensify employer control over migrants and undercut the formation of a stable migrant community among documented workers. Brian Rich and Marta Miranda detail an ambivalent mixture of paternalism and xenophobia by local residents toward migrants in Lexington, Kentucky. The new arrivals were welcomed for their strong work ethic so long as they stayed in "invisible" spheres such as fieldwork, but were resented once they began to take part in more public activities like schools or town meetings. New Destinations also provides some hopeful examples of progress in community relations. Several chapters, including Mark Grey and Anne Woodrick's examination of a small Iowa town, point to the importance of dialogue and mediation in establishing amicable relations between ethnic groups in newly multi-cultural settings. New Destinations is the first scholarly assessment of Mexican migrants' experience in the Midwest, Northeast, and deep South—the latest settlement points for America's largest immigrant group. Enriched by perspectives from demographers, anthropologists, sociologists, folklorists, and political scientists, this volume is an essential starting point for scholarship on the new Mexican migration.
Author : Juan R. Garc’a
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816515859
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)
Download or read book Mexicans in the Midwest, 1900-1932 written by Juan R. Garc’a and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early in this century, a few Mexican migrants began streaming northward into the Midwest, but by 1914--in response to the war in Europe and a booming U.S. economy--the stream had become a flood. Barely a generation later, this so-called Immigrant Generation of Mexicans was displaced and returned to the U.S. Southwest or to Mexico. Drawing on both published works and archival materials, this new study considers the many factors that affected the process of immigration as well as the development of communities in the region. These include the internal forces of religion, ethnic identity, and a sense of nationalism, as well as external influences such as economic factors, discrimination, and the vagaries of U.S.-Mexico relations. Here is a book that persuasively challenges many prevailing assumptions about Mexican people and the communities they established in the Midwest. The author notes the commonalities and differences between Mexicans in that region and their compadres who settled elsewhere. He further demonstrates that although Mexicans in the Midwest maintained a strong sense of cultural identity, they were quick to adopt the consumer culture and other elements of U.S. life that met their needs. Focusing on a people, place, and time rarely covered before now, this wide-ranging work will be welcomed by scholars and students of history, sociology, and Chicano studies. General readers interested in ethnic issues and the multicultural fabric of American society will find here a window to the past as well as new perspectives for understanding the present and the future.
Author : Mary C. WATERS
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674044944
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (449 download)
Download or read book Black Identities written by Mary C. WATERS and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of West Indian immigrants to the United States is generally considered to be a great success. Mary Waters, however, tells a very different story. She finds that the values that gain first-generation immigrants initial success--a willingness to work hard, a lack of attention to racism, a desire for education, an incentive to save--are undermined by the realities of life and race relations in the United States. Contrary to long-held beliefs, Waters finds, those who resist Americanization are most likely to succeed economically, especially in the second generation.
Author : Juliana Camacho Simpson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (652 download)
Download or read book Immigrants in Rural America written by Juliana Camacho Simpson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This nation as a whole is a nation of immigrants. As many deny their ancestry, feel they have no connection to it and adopt a solely American identity, it is important to see what is happening to the new immigrants of today. Particularly in the lives of Hispanic immigrants, who now represent the largest ethnic group in North America. 0́ In 2030, nearly 1 in 4 U.S. residents will be Hispanic, up from nearly 1 in 7 in 20050́+ (Committee on Population [CPOP] & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education [DBASSE], (2006). Although there are numerous Hispanics in this country, many homogenous rural towns such as Bennington, Vermont still have a small Hispanic population impacting both long-term residents and newcomers. Are they welcomed with open arms or simply set aside and ignored because they do not fit into the mainstream perceived American culture? This study explores the lived experiences of a small group of Hispanic community members living and/or working within Bennington, Vermont. The findings reveal why they left their birth countries, what effective resources exist for them, challenges faced for community integration, and perceptions about what resources are needed for a smoother transition. Unfortunately, language ability and discrimination are the two largest barriers for community integration. These research results add to the lack of studies on this topic, within this geographic region. In sum, positive integration is always a two-way process and its effectiveness is not simply determined by what immigrants bring with them in the way of human capital. On the contrary, it is the extent to which newcomers encounter a welcoming economic, social, and political environment that is most determining of successful integration and assimilation0́+ (Carranza & Gouveia, 2002, p.3).
Author : Ilan Stavans
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780199913701
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (137 download)
Download or read book Oxford Bibliographies written by Ilan Stavans and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An emerging field of study that explores the Hispanic minority in the United States, Latino Studies is enriched by an interdisciplinary perspective. Historians, sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, demographers, linguists, as well as religion, ethnicity, and culture scholars, among others, bring a varied, multifaceted approach to the understanding of a people whose roots are all over the Americas and whose permanent home is north of the Rio Grande. Oxford Bibliographies in Latino Studies offers an authoritative, trustworthy, and up-to-date intellectual map to this ever-changing discipline."--Editorial page.
Author : Mike Davis
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1804297682
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Magical Urbanism written by Mike Davis and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2024-06-25 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2001 Carey McWilliams Award A CONTEMPORARY CLASSIC, Magical Urbanism focuses on how Latinos are attempting to translate their urban demographic ascendancy into effective social power. Mike Davis chronicles the Dickensian underworld of day labor in New York, tracks the development of new ecologies and levels of development along the border, and examines the shifting realities of life and work for Latinos in US cities. The cosmopolitan result of the Latinization of America's cities "is a rich, constantly evolving" culture that has the potential, argues Davis, to become a radical new American counterculture.
Author : John P. Tuman
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
ISBN 13 : 1948908999
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (489 download)
Download or read book Latinos in Nevada written by John P. Tuman and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, the Latinx population has contributed substantially to Nevada’s mining, railroad, farming, ranching, and tourism industries. Latinos in Nevada provides a comprehensive analysis of this fastest-growing and diverse ethnic group, exploring the impact of the Hispanic/Latinx population on the Silver State in the past, present, and future. This extensive study by a distinguished and multidisciplinary team of scholars discusses the impact of the Latinx population from the early development of the state of Nevada and highlights their roles in society, as well as the specific implications of their growing presence in the state. It also contemplates the future of the Latinx population and the role they will continue to play in politics and the economy. This in-depth examination of a large and relatively understudied population will be of interest to scholars and students who study disparities in health and education opportunities as well as the political and economic climate among Latinos and other groups in Nevada and beyond. A political, economic, and demographic profile, this book: Explores the history, growth, and diversity of the Latinx population. Draws on an array of census data, voter surveys, statistics, interviews, and health, education, employment, wages, and immigration statistics. Evaluates key trends in employment, education, religion, and health. Analyzes the dynamics of political participation, including implications of a growing Latino political electorate in a western swing state. Assesses key determinants of health disparities, educational inequities, and civic engagement among Latinos in the state. Demonstrates the impact of the Great Recession of 2008 and provides a preliminary assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic on Latino employment.
