Mexican Hometown Associations in Chicagoacán : From Local to Transnational Civic Engagement.

In this groundbreaking new book, Mexican Hometown Associations in Chicagoacán, Xóchitl Bada reveals how Mexican hometown associations, groups consisting of immigrants from the same small towns, have become a surprisingly powerful force for mobilizing social change in both the United States and Mex...

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Hlavní autor: Bada, Xóchitl
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Piscataway : Rutgers University Press 2014.
Edice:Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States.
On-line přístup:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt6wq9p7
Obsah:
  • Series Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Migrant Generosity and Transnational Civic Engagement; 2. The Transformation of Mexican Migrant Organizations; 3. Genealogies of Hometown Associations; 4. Migrant Clubs to the Rescue; 5. Participatory Planning across Borders; 6. Expanding Agendas and Building Transnational Coalitions; Notes; References; Index.