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

Alarcon, Rafael, Escala, Luis, Odgers, Olga

ISBN 10: 0520284852 / ISBN 13: 9780520284852

Published by University of California Press, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Los Angeles Home: The Integration of Mexican Immigrants in the United States
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520284852
• ISBN 13: 9780520284852
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

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 analysis also shows that immigrants' successful integration essentially depends upon their legal status and long residence in the region. The book shows that, despite this finding, immigrants nevertheless decide to settle in Los Angeles, the place where they have made their homes.

About the Author

Rafael Alarcón has a PhD in city and regional planning from UC Berkeley and is a professor and researcher at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte. Luis Escala has a PhD in sociology from UCLA and is a professor and researcher at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte. Olga Odgers has a PhD in sociology from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales-Paris and is a professor and researcher at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte. Dick Cluster is a writer and translator in Oakland, California, and the former Associate Director of the Honors Program at the University of Massachusetts at Boston.