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Mexican New York
Robert Smith
其他書名
Transnational Lives of New Immigrants
出版
University of California Press
, 2006
主題
Political Science / International Relations / General
Social Science / Anthropology / General
Social Science / Demography
Social Science / Emigration & Immigration
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General
Social Science / Sociology / General
Social Science / Sociology / Urban
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Hispanic American Studies
ISBN
0520244125
9780520244122
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=UfwkDQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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"An ethnographic classic and the best ethnography of migration that I have ever read."—Roger Waldinger, coauthor of
How the Other Half Works
"A compelling, multi-dimensional portrait of Mexicans in New York. Smith authoritatively examines, in considerable detail and with convincing ethnographic evidence, how immigration patterns have drastically changed over the last 15 years, creating a group of 'transnational migrants.'"—Francisco Lomeli, author of
U.S. Latino Literatures and Cultures
"Many observers of American migration have noticed the increasing formation of transnational communities instead of one-way transfers from old country to new. In his warm, perceptive, richly documented study of a Mexican town, its New York counterpart, and the connections between them, however, Robert Smith has lived, chronicled, and reinterpreted the human experience of transnationalism. He shows us how individual and collective transformations interact, producing surprising new varieties of social life."—Charles Tilly, author of
Durable Inequality
"Studying local processes over an extended period of time has allowed Smith to make a major theoretical and methodological contribution to our understanding of the migration experience. Smith brilliantly succeeds in detecting as yet unrecognized dynamics in the increasingly complex and multi-sited character of migration."—Saskia Sassen, author of
Guests and Aliens
"In this essential book, Robert Courtney Smith provides insight on New York City in a new and important way. After years of research and observation, Smith documents a world through the eyes of the city's growing Mexican population. Smith's crucial points about immigration and transnational identity make compelling reading because of the sense of joy in his writing at being so close to a community that is redefining the American immigrant experience."—Deborah Amos, Correspondent, National Public Radio
"The big contributions in ethnography come from doing something ambitious and novel in data gathering. Smith's research is not only unprecedented in its fieldwork, his analyses are consistently subtle, surprising and omni-relevant to major sociological issues. An instant classic,
Mexican New York
deeply carves a new benchmark for immigration studies."—Jack Katz, professor of sociology, University of California Los Angeles
