Metropolitan Migrants: The Migration of Urban Mexicans to the United States
Rubén Hernández-León
(Author)
Description
Challenging many common perceptions, this is the first book fully dedicated to understanding a major new phenomenon--the large numbers of skilled urban workers who are now coming across the border from Mexico's cities. Based on a ten-year, on-the-ground study of one working-class neighborhood in Monterrey, Mexico's industrial powerhouse and third-largest city, Metropolitan Migrants explores the ways in which Mexico's economic restructuring and the industrial modernization of the past three decades have pushed a new flow of migrants toward cities such as Houston, Texas, the global capital of the oil industry. Weaving together rich details of everyday life with a lucid analysis of Mexico's political economy, Rub n Hern ndez-Le n deftly traces the effects of restructuring on the lives of the working class, from the national level to the kitchen table.Product Details
Price
$41.94
Publisher
University of California Press
Publish Date
September 01, 2008
Pages
258
Dimensions
6.32 X 8.96 X 0.66 inches | 0.81 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780520256743
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About the Author
Rubén Hernández-León is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles.