- Acknowledgments
- I. Overview
- 1. Introduction: Crossings: Mexican Immigration in Interdisciplinary Perspectives [Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco]
- II. Antecedents and New Demographic Formations
- 2. Recent Structural Changes in Mexico’s Economy: A Preliminary Analysis of Some Sources of Mexican Migration to the United States [Enrique Dussel Peters]
• Commentary [John H. Coatsworth] - 3. U.S. Immigration Policies and Trends: The Growing Importance of Migration from Mexico [Susan Gonzalez Baker, Frank D. Bean, Augustin Escobar Latapi, and Sidney Weintraub]
• Commentary [Mary C. Waters]
- 2. Recent Structural Changes in Mexico’s Economy: A Preliminary Analysis of Some Sources of Mexican Migration to the United States [Enrique Dussel Peters]
- III. Economic Themes
- 4. The Structural Embeddedness of Demand for Mexican Immigrant Labor: New Evidence from California [Wayne A. Cornelius]
• Commentary [Robert Smith] - 5. Dimensions of Economic Adaptation by Mexican-Origin Men [Dowell Myers]
• Commentary [Nathan Glazer]
- 4. The Structural Embeddedness of Demand for Mexican Immigrant Labor: New Evidence from California [Wayne A. Cornelius]
- IV. Social Themes
- 6. Migration and Integration: Intermarriages among Mexicans and Non-Mexicans in the United States [Jorge Durand]
• Commentary [Merilee Grindle] - 7. Access to Health Insurance and Health Care for Mexican American Children in Immigrant Families [E. Richard Brown, Roberta Wyn, Hongjian Yu, Abel Valenzuela, and Liane Doug]
• Commentary [Felton Earls] - 8. The Education of Mexican Immigrant Children [Enrique T. Trueba]
• Commentary [Gary Orfield]
- 6. Migration and Integration: Intermarriages among Mexicans and Non-Mexicans in the United States [Jorge Durand]
- V. Psychocultural Themes
- 9. Cultural Mourning, Immigration, and Engagement: Vignettes from the Mexican Experience [Ricardo C. Ainslie]
• Commentary [Peggy Levitt] - 10. Ethnic Mexicans and the Transformation of “American” Social Space: Reflections on Recent History [David G. Gutiérrez]
• Commentary [George I. Sanchez] - 11. The U.S. Immigration Control Offensive: Constructing an Image of Order on the Southwest Border [Peter Andreas]
• Commentary [Jacqueline Hagan] - 12. Immigration and Public Opinion [Thomas I. Espenshade and Maryanne Belanger]
• Commentary [Michael Jones-Correa]
- 9. Cultural Mourning, Immigration, and Engagement: Vignettes from the Mexican Experience [Ricardo C. Ainslie]
- Epilogue [Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco]
- Index
SERIES ON LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES

Series on Latin American Studies 1
Crossings
Mexican Immigration in Interdisciplinary Perspectives
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$39.95 • £34.95 • €36.95
ISBN 9780674177666
Publication Date: 08/01/1998
448 pages
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