Title: Barrios to burbs : the making of the Mexican American middle class /
Authors: Agius Vallejo, Jody,
Publisher: Stanford University Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Middle class Mexican Americans.; Mexican Americans Social conditions; Social mobility United States.
Abstract: "Too frequently, the media and politicians cast Mexican immigrants as a threat to American society. Given America's increasing ethnic diversity and the large size of the Mexican-origin population, an investigation of how Mexican immigrants and their descendants achieve upward mobility and enter the middle class is long overdue. Barrios to Burbs offers a new understanding of the Mexican American experience."--P. [4] of cover.
Contents: Class, assimilation, and Mexican Americans -- Mexican Americans yesterday and today -- From the barrio to the Middle America : divergent class backgrounds and pathways into the middle class -- Family obligations, giving back, and middle-class individualism -- Mexicans or coconuts : middle-class minority and American identities -- Ethnic professional associations and the minority culture of mobility -- Conclusion : the new American middle class.