Title At the core and in the margins : incorporation of Mexican immigrants in two rural Midwestern communities / Julia Albarracín

Published East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (xxxvii, 175 pages) : illustrations Series Latinos in the United States series Latinos in the United States series. Contents List of figures -- List of tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Case studies: the cases of Beardstown and Monmouth, Illinois -- Chapter 2. Legal incorporation: immigration status and citizenship -- Chapter 3. The culture of incorporation: language use, identity, and social connectedness -- Chapter 4. The context of reception: discrimination and acceptance -- Chapter 5. The politics of incorporation: participation -- Chapter 6. More on political incorporation: trust in government institutions -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Survey instrument -- Appendix 2. Comparison of selected demographic characteristics of Mexican immigrants -- Notes -- References -- Index Summary "Beardstown and Monmouth, Illinois, two rural Midwestern towns, have been transformed by immigration in the last three decades. This book examines how Mexican immigrants who have made these towns their homes have integrated legally, culturally, and institutionally. What accounts for the massive growth in the Mexican immigrant populations in these two small towns, and what does the future hold for them? Based on 260 surveys and 47 in-depth interviews, this study combines quantitative and qualitative research to explore the level and characteristics of immigrant incorporation in Beardstown and Monmouth. It assesses the advancement of immigrants in the immigration/ residency/citizenship process, the immigrants' level of cultural integration (via language, their connectedness with other members of society, and their relationships with neighbors), the degree and characteristics of discrimination against immigrants in these two towns, and the extent to which immigrants participate in different social and political activities and trust government institutions. Immigrants in new destinations are likely to be poorer, to be less educated, and to have weaker English-language skills than immigrants in traditional destinations. Studying how this population negotiates the obstacles to and opportunities for incorporation is crucial"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-166) and index Notes Print version record Subject Mexican Americans -- Cultural assimilation -- Illinois Mexican Americans -- Illinois -- Statistics Mexican Americans -- Illinois -- Interviews Immigrants -- Illinois -- Social conditions Immigrants -- Illinois -- Statistics Social surveys -- Illinois SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Hispanic American Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Rural. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. Ethnic relations Immigrants Immigrants -- Social conditions Mexican Americans Mexican Americans -- Cultural assimilation Rural conditions Social surveys SUBJECT Beardstown (Ill.) -- Ethnic relations Monmouth (Ill.) -- Ethnic relations Illinois -- Ethnic relations Illinois -- Rural conditions Subject Illinois Illinois -- Beardstown Illinois -- Monmouth Genre/Form Interviews Statistics Form Electronic book LC no. 2015022488 ISBN 9781609174927 1609174925

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