Title Generations of exclusion : Mexican Americans, assimilation, and race / Edward E. Telles and Vilma Ortiz

Published New York : Russell Sage Foundation, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 383 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Theoretical background -- The Mexican American Study Project -- The historical context -- Education -- Economic status -- Interethnic relations -- Culture and language -- Ethnic identity -- Politics -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: Descriptive statistics -- Appendix B: Multivariate analyses Summary "When boxes of original files from a 1965 survey of Mexican Americans were discovered in a dusty basement at UCLA, sociologists Edward Telles and Vilma Ortiz recognized a unique opportunity to examine how the Mexican American experience has evolved over the past four decades. Telles and Ortiz located and re-interviewed most of the original respondents and many of their children. Then, they combined the findings of both studies to construct a thirty-five year analysis of Mexican American integration into American society. Generations of Exclusion is the result of this extraordinary project. ... Generations of Exclusion measures Mexican American integration across a wide number of dimensions: education, English and Spanish language use, socioeconomic status, intermarriage, residential segregation, ethnic identity, and political participation. The study contains some encouraging findings, but many more that are troubling. ... Telles and Ortiz identify institutional barriers as a major source of Mexican American disadvantage. Chronic under-funding in school systems predominantly serving Mexican Americans severely restrains progress. Persistent discrimination, punitive immigration policies, and reliance on cheap Mexican labor in the southwestern states all make integration more difficult. The authors call for providing Mexican American children with the educational opportunities that European immigrants in previous generations enjoyed. The Mexican American trajectory is distinct - but so is the extent to which this group has been excluded from the American mainstream. .. Most immigration literature today focuses either on the immediate impact of immigration or what is happening to the children of newcomers to this country. Generations of Exclusion shows what has happened to Mexican Americans over four generations. In opening this window onto the past and linking it to recent outcomes, Telles and Ortiz provide a troubling glimpse of what other new immigrant groups may experience in the future."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-368) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Winner of the 2009 Otis Dudley Duncan Award from the Pacific Sociological Association and the Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship and Research Award for a Book from the Latino/a Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association SUBJECT Universidad Sergio Arboleda gnd Subject Mexican Americans -- Ethnic identity. Mexican Americans -- Cultural assimilation Mexican Americans -- Interviews Mexican Americans -- Longitudinal studies Social surveys -- United States Intergenerational relations -- United States SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Ethnic relations Intergenerational relations Mexican Americans Mexican Americans -- Cultural assimilation Mexican Americans -- Ethnic identity Race relations Social surveys Ethnische Beziehungen Chicanos Ethnizität. Soziale Situation. Intergeneratives Verhältnis. Rassenbeziehung. SUBJECT United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494 United States -- Ethnic relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140043 Subject United States USA Mexikaner. USA. Chicanos. Genre/Form interviews. Interviews Longitudinal studies Interviews. Interviews. Form Electronic book Author Ortiz, Vilma, 1954- ISBN 9781610445283 1610445287

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