Mexicans on the Move [electronic resource] : Migration and Return in Rural Mexico /
Rothstein, F.author.
This book describes and analyzes migration of individuals from San Cosme Mazatecochco in central Mexico to a new United States community in New Jersey. Based on four decades of anthropological research in Mazatecochco and among migrants in New Jersey Rothstein traces the causes and consequences of migration and who returned home, why, and how return migrants reintegrated back into their homeland.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Understanding Mexican Migration; 2 San Cosme Mazatecochco, 1940s-1990s: The Impact of Globalization and Neoliberalism; 3 Life in New Jersey: Continuities and Change; 4 When Migrants Return: Who Returns, Why, and How They Reintegrate; 5 Final Thoughts: Globalization and Migration; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book describes and analyzes migration of individuals from San Cosme Mazatecochco in central Mexico to a new United States community in New Jersey. Based on four decades of anthropological research in Mazatecochco and among migrants in New Jersey Rothstein traces the causes and consequences of migration and who returned home, why, and how return migrants reintegrated back into their homeland.
Ethnology.
Migration.
Ethnology-Latin America.
Social Anthropology.
Cultural Anthropology.
Migration.
Latin American Culture.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Sociology, general.