03880nam 2200793Ia 450 991096411020332120251117073933.09786612360732978128236073012823607369780520942462052094246910.1525/9780520942462(CKB)2430000000010970(EBL)837238(OCoLC)773564969(SSID)ssj0000303170(PQKBManifestationID)11229853(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000303170(PQKBWorkID)10292630(PQKB)11327904(MiAaPQ)EBC837238(OCoLC)667014003(MdBmJHUP)muse30875(DE-B1597)520743(DE-B1597)9780520942462(Au-PeEL)EBL837238(CaPaEBR)ebr10675825(CaONFJC)MIL236073(PPN)164022945(Perlego)552150(EXLCZ)99243000000001097020071026d2008 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrMetropolitan migrants the migration of urban Mexicans to the United States /Ruben Hernandez-Leon1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20081 online resource (273 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780520256743 0520256743 9780520256736 0520256735 Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-245) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Maps of Monterrey and Houston -- Chapter 1. The Migration of Urban Mexicans to the United States -- Chapter 2. Urban-Industrial Development in Mexico, 1940-2005 -- Chapter 3. Restructuring and International Migration in a Mexican Urban Neighborhood -- Chapter 4. The Monterrey-Houston Connection -- Chapter 5. The Migration Industry in the Monterrey-Houston Connection -- Chapter 6. Metropolitan Migrants -- Methodological Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexChallenging many common perceptions, this is the first book fully dedicated to understanding a major new phenomenon-the large numbers of skilled urban workers who are now coming across the border from Mexico's cities. Based on a ten-year, on-the-ground study of one working-class neighborhood in Monterrey, Mexico's industrial powerhouse and third-largest city, Metropolitan Migrants explores the ways in which Mexico's economic restructuring and the industrial modernization of the past three decades have pushed a new flow of migrants toward cities such as Houston, Texas, the global capital of the oil industry. Weaving together rich details of everyday life with a lucid analysis of Mexico's political economy, Rubén Hernández-León deftly traces the effects of restructuring on the lives of the working class, from the national level to the kitchen table.MexicansUnited StatesCase studiesStructural adjustment (Economic policy)MexicoMonterreyMexicansTexasHoustonUnited StatesEmigration and immigrationEconomic aspectsCase studiesMonterrey (Mexico)Economic conditionsMonterrey (Mexico)Emigration and immigrationHouston (Tex.)Emigration and immigrationMexicansStructural adjustment (Economic policy)Mexicans973.00468/72Hernández-León Rubén1897039MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910964110203321Metropolitan migrants4552086UNINA