Making Los Angeles Home

The Integration of Mexican Immigrants in the United States

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ID19976443
AuthorsRafael Alarcón (0000-0001-6367-2048), Luis Escala, O Odgers Ortiz (0000-0002-9656-8877), Olga Odgers, R Waldinger (0000-0003-0134-9928)
Year2016
Publication date2016-03-08
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueMaking Los Angeles home (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/california/9780520284852.001.0001
OpenAlexW4237796898
ISBN9780520284852
LanguageEN
Citations received11

This book examines the different integration strategies implemented by Mexican immigrants in the Los Angeles region. In doing so, it provides an overview of Mexican migration and integration to the United States. Relying on statistical data and ethnographic information, the book analyzes four different dimensions of the immigrant integration process (economic, social, cultural, and political) and shows that there is no single path for its achievement, but instead an array of strategies that yield different results. However, the 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

Geography · History · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Urbanization and City Planning

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