On the Move : : Changing Mechanisms of Mexico-U.S. Migration /

On the Move : : Changing Mechanisms of Mexico-U.S. Migration / / Filiz Garip.

Why do Mexicans migrate to the United States? Is there a typical Mexican migrant? Beginning in the 1970s, survey data indicated that the average migrant was a young, unmarried man who was poor, undereducated, and in search of better employment opportunities. This is the general view that most Americ...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Garip, Filiz,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016]
©2017
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Princeton Analytical Sociology Series ; 2
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.) :; 9 halftones. 16 line illus. 5 tables. 4 maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Why Do People Migrate?
  • 2. "Go Work Over There and Come Do Something Here"
  • 3. "We Leave to Help Our Parents Economically"
  • 4. "Your Place Is Where Your Family Is"
  • 5. "Putting Down Roots"
  • 6. Where Do We Go from Here?
  • Appendixes
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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