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UNINA9910464526803321 |
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Mirandé Alfredo |
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Jalos, USA : transnational community and identity / / Alfredo Mirand |
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Notre Dame, Indiana : , : University of Notre Dame Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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1 online resource (221 p.) |
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Mexicans - California - Turlock - Social conditions |
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Jalostotitlán (Mexico) Relations Texas Turlock |
Turlock (Calif.) Relations Mexico Jalostotitlan |
Jalostotitlán (Mexico) Emigration and immigration |
Turlock (Calif.) Emigration and immigration |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Jalostotitlán and Turlock : Introduction -- Las Fiestas : "Volver, Volver, Volver" -- Courtship and Marriage : "Dando la Serenata" -- "El Rey" : Changing Conceptions of Ranchero Masculinity -- "El Que Quiere Puede!" (He Who Wants to, Can!) : Early Turlock Settlers -- Jalos, USA -- Toribio Romo : "El Padre Pollero" (The Holy Coyote) -- A Theory of Transnational Identity. |
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"In Jalos, USA, Alfredo Mirande explores migration between the Mexican town of Jalostotitlán, Jalisco, and Turlock, California, and shows how migrants retain a primal identity with their community of origin. The study examines how family, gender, courtship, religion, and culture promote a Mexicanized version of the "American Dream" for la gente de Jalos. After introducing traditional theories of migration and describing a distinctly circular migration pattern between Jalos and Turlock, Mirande introduces a model of transnationalism. Residents move freely back and forth across the border, often at great risk, adopting a transnational village identity that transcends both the border and conventional national or state identities. Mirande's findings are based on participant observation, ethnographic field research, and captivating |
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in-depth personal interviews conducted on both sides of the border with a wide range of respondents. To include multiple perspectives, Mirande conducts focus group interviews with youth in Jalos and Turlock, as well as interviews with priests and social service providers. Together, these data provide both a rich account of experiences as well as assessments of courtship practices and problems faced by contemporary migrants. Jalos, USA is written in an accessible style that will appeal to students and scholars of Latino and migration studies, policy makers, and laypersons interested in immigration, the border, and transnational migration; "Alfredo Mirande is an established scholar. The strength of this book is in its rich, fascinating interviews of individuals on both sides of the border. The reader comes away with a strong sense that Mirande really got to know the individuals who were interviewed because he used a respectful approach that was able to cull out incredible detail and honesty from those individuals"--Bill Ong Hing, University of San Francisco School of Law"-- |
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UNINA9910828144303321 |
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Rein Shaun <1977-> |
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The end of cheap China : economic and cultural trends that will disrupt the world / / Shaun Rein |
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Hoboken : , : Wiley, , [2014] |
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1-118-92678-1 |
1-118-92679-X |
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[Revised and updated.] |
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1 online resource (243 p.) |
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Labor - China |
Costs, Industrial - China |
Consumption (Economics) - China |
China Economic conditions 2000- |
China Social conditions 2000- |
China Commerce |
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The End of Cheap China: Economic and Cultural Trends That Will Disrupt the World; Copyright; Contents; Prologue; Chapter 1: Chinese Billionaires Outnumber American Ones; Chapter 2: Cheap Chinese Labor? Not Anymore: China's Workers Are Demanding Better Pay and Better Conditions-and They Are Earning Them; Chapter 3: Stability Is the Key to Happiness: How China's Government Thinks and Why It Acts the way It Does; Chapter 4: The Modern Chinese Woman; Chapter 5: Why Chinese Consider Kentucky Fried Chicken Healthful: China's Iffy Food Supply Chain Is Putting a Premium on Safe Food |
Chapter 6: Understanding Corruption in China: What China's Underground Sex Trade Shows About Its Government Chapter 7: China's Real Estate Sector: Boom or Bust or Something Else?; Chapter 8: Chinese Neo-Colonialism in Africa and the End of American Hegemony?; Australia; Pakistan; America; Chinese Soft Power; Chapter 9: China's Educational Sector: Preventing China From Cementing Its Superpower Status; Chapter 10: What the End of Cheap China Means for the Rest of the World; China: The World's New Hegemonic Power?; Economic Growth Hitting a Wall; Reforming the Political System; Epilogue |
Postscript Acknowledgments; Index; End User License Agreement |
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"An expose; on how the rise of China will affect the American way of lifeThe End of Cheap China is a fun, riveting, must-read book not only for people doing business in China but for anyone interested in understanding the forces that are changing the world.Many Americans know China for manufacturing cheap products, thanks largely to the country's vast supply of low-cost workers. But China is changing, and the glut of cheap labor that has made everyday low prices possible is drying up as the Chinese people seek not to make iPhones, but to buy them. Shaun Rein, Founder of the China Market Research Group, puts China's continuing transformation from producer to large-scale consumer - a process that is farther along than most economists think - under the microscope, examining eight megatrends that are catalyzing change in China and posing threats to Americans' consumption-driven way of life.Rein takes an engaging and informative approach to examining the extraordinary changes taking place across all levels of Chinese society, talking to everyone from Chinese billionaires and senior government officials to poor migrant workers and even prostitutes. He draws on personal stories and experiences from living in China since the 1990s as well as hard economic data. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of China's transformation, from fast-improving Chinese companies to confident, optimistic Chinese women to the role of China's government, and at the end breaks down key lessons for readers to take away.The End of Cheap China shows: How rising labor and real estate costs are forcing manufacturers of cheap Chinese products to close, relocate, or move up the value stream How a restructuring economy moving away from exports to domestic consumption, and rising incomes will create opportunities for foreign brands to sell products in China rather than just producing there How Chinese consumption will build pressure on the global commodities markets, causing both inflation and friction with other nations How China's economic transformation spells the end of cheap consumption for Americans China's days as a low cost production center are numbered. The End of Cheap China exposes the end of America's consumerist way of life and gives clear advice on how companies can succeed in the new world order"-- |
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