03276nam 2200709Ia 450 991081207420332120240506191748.01-4399-0364-697866129386891-282-93868-12027/heb06473(CKB)2670000000061189(EBL)534263(OCoLC)646817025(SSID)ssj0000490048(PQKBManifestationID)12195160(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000490048(PQKBWorkID)10467036(PQKB)25016237(MdBmJHUP)muse15568(Au-PeEL)EBL534263(CaPaEBR)ebr10387254(CaONFJC)MIL293868(MiAaPQ)EBC534263(dli)HEB06473(MiU) MIU01100000000000000000604(EXLCZ)99267000000006118919910626d1992 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMaking ethnic choicesCalifornia's Punjabi Mexican Americans /Karen Isaksen Leonard1st ed.Philadelphia Temple University Press19921 online resource (363 p.)Asian American history and culture seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-87722-890-6 1-56639-202-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-319) and index.Contents; Preface; Part I: Introduction; 1. Exploring Ethnicity; Part II: The World of the Pioneers; 2. Contexts: California and the Punjab; 3. Early Days in the Imperial Valley; 4. Marriages and Children; 5. Male and Female Networks; 6. Conflict and Love in the Marriages; Part III: The Construction of Ethnic Identity; 7. Childhood in Rural California; 8. The Second Generation Comes of Age; 9. Political Change and Ethnic Identity; 10. Encounters with the Other; 11. Contending Voices; Appendixes; Notes; Bibliography; Index""[A] thoroughly original study that greatly expands our knowledge of how ethnic identities are formed. Leonard writes clearly and her inclusion of the voices of the Punjabi-Mexicans lends humor and depth to the history. This insightful study will be of interest to all scholars concerned with immigration and ethnicity and the history of California."" --The Journal of Asian StudiesThis is a study of the flexibility of ethnic identity. In the early twentieth century, men from India's Punjab province came to California to work on the land. The new immigrants had few chances to marry. ThereAsian American history and culture.California's Punjabi Mexican AmericansPanjabi AmericansCaliforniaMexican AmericansCaliforniaInterracial marriageCaliforniaCaliforniaSocial conditionsPanjabi AmericansMexican AmericansInterracial marriage305.891/420794Leonard Karen Isaksen1939-868005MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812074203321Making ethnic choices2327751UNINA