Barrios to burbs : the making of the Mexican American middle class / Jody Agius Vallejo.

Author: Agius Vallejo, Jody, author.

ImprintStanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2012]

Descriptionxiv, 231 pages ; 24 cm

Note:Class, assimilation, and Mexican Americans -- Mexican Americans yesterday and today -- Barrio to the burbs: divergent class backgrounds and pathways into the middle class -- Family obligations, the immigrant narrative and middle-class individualism -- Mexican Americans or coconuts? middle-class minority and American identities -- Ethnic professional associations and the minority culture of mobility -- Conclusion : the new American middle class.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-226) and index.

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