At the core and in the margins : incorporation of Mexican immigrants in two rural Midwestern communities
- Responsibility
- Julia Albarracín.
- Publication
- East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2016]
- Copyright notice
- ©2016
- Physical description
- xxxvii, 175 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Series
- Latinos in the United States series.
Description
Creators/Contributors
- Author/Creator
- Albarracín, Julia, author.
Contents/Summary
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-166) and index.
- Contents
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- Case Studies: The Cases of Beardstown and Monmouth, Illinois
- Legal Incorporation: Immigration Status and Citizenship
- The Culture of Incorporation : Language Use, Identity, and Social Connectedness
- The Context of Reception : Discrimination and Acceptance
- The Politics of Incorporation : Participation
- More on Political Incorporation : Trust in Government Institutions
- Concluding Remarks
- Appendix 1: Survey Instrument
- Appendix 2: Comparison of Selected Demographic Characteristics of Mexican Immigrants.
- Summary
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects
- Subject
- Mexican Americans > Cultural assimilation > Illinois.
- Mexican Americans > Illinois > Statistics.
- Mexican Americans > Illinois > Interviews.
- Immigrants > Illinois > Social conditions.
- Immigrants > Illinois > Statistics.
- Social surveys > Illinois.
- Beardstown (Ill.) > Ethnic relations.
- Monmouth (Ill.) > Ethnic relations.
- Illinois > Ethnic relations.
- Illinois > Rural conditions.
Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 2016
- Copyright date
- 2016
- Series
- Latinos in the United States series
- ISBN
- 9781611862065 (paperback)
- 161186206X (paperback)
- 9781609174927 (PDF)
- 9781628952650 (ePub)
- 9781628962659 (Kindle)
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