The Politics, Economics, and Culture of Mexican-Us Migration: Both Sides of the Border

Introduction - Edward Ashbee, Helene Balslev Clausen& Carl Pedersen * PART I: AMERICAN IDENTITIES * Somos Americanos: Mexican Immigration and US National Identity in the Twenty-first Century - Carl Pedersen * Mexican Mestiz Identity in the Twenty-first Century - Helene Balslev Clausen * PART II: CAPITAL AND LABOR * The Other Side of the Migration Story: Mexican Women in the US - Silvia E. Giorguli Saucedo, María Adela Angoa Pérez& Selene Gaspar Olvera * From Precarious, Low-Paying Jobs in Mexico to Precarious, Low-Paying Jobs in the United States - Elaine Levine * Sending Money Home: The Dynamics of Mexico-US Remittances - Mario Villarreal & Megan Davy * The Impact of NAFTA on the Mexican-US Border Region - Elena Labastida-Tovar * Transnational Social Networks and International Trade - Magdalena Barros Nock * PART III: THE BORDER REGION * Beyond Border Crossing and Soulless Places: The Role of Mexico's Northern Border Cities in the Construction of Transnational Social Spaces - Cristóbal Mendoza * Changing Representations of the Border - Mario Alberto Velázquez * Boundaries in Border Films: The Other as "Our" Redemption - Jan Gustafsson * Baldwin Park, Historical Narratives, and American Identities - Anne Magnussen * Textual Representations of the Border and Border-Crossers: Constructing Latino Enemies in The New York Times - Ken Henriksen * Mexican Immigration and the Question of Identity in the United States - Raphael Gomez * PART IV: POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY * Immigration and the 2006 US Mid-Term Elections - Edward Ashbee * Immigration, Social Policy, and Politics in the US - Alex Waddan * From the Margin to the Middle?: The Origin, Transformation, and Direction of the Minutemen - Pia M ller * Migrants, Votes, and the 2006 Mexican Presidential Elections - Helene Balslev Clausen & Mario Alberto Velázquez * Sovereignty along el Río Bravo / the Rio Grande: Changes in US Immigration Law and Mexican Foreign Relations Law - Ernesto Hernández-López

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Ashbee, E.
Published: 12/15/2007
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN: 9781349540204
Pages: 323
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d