LEADER 03153nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910459076503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4399-0364-6 010 $a9786612938689 010 $a1-282-93868-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000061189 035 $a(EBL)534263 035 $a(OCoLC)646817025 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000490048 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12195160 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000490048 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10467036 035 $a(PQKB)25016237 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC534263 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15568 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL534263 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10387254 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL293868 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000061189 100 $a19910626d1992 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMaking ethnic choices$b[electronic resource] $eCalifornia's Punjabi Mexican Americans /$fKaren Isaksen Leonard 210 $aPhiladelphia $cTemple University Press$d1992 215 $a1 online resource (363 p.) 225 1 $aAsian American history and culture series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87722-890-6 311 $a1-56639-202-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 293-319) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $a ""[A] thoroughly original study that greatly expands our knowledge of how ethnic identities are formed. Leonard writes clearly and her inclusion of the voices of the Punjabi-Mexicans lends humor and depth to the history. This insightful study will be of interest to all scholars concerned with immigration and ethnicity and the history of California."" --The Journal of Asian StudiesThis is a study of the flexibility of ethnic identity. In the early twentieth century, men from India's Punjab province came to California to work on the land. The new immigrants had few chances to marry. There 410 0$aAsian American history and culture. 606 $aPanjabi Americans$zCalifornia 606 $aMexican Americans$zCalifornia 606 $aInterracial marriage$zCalifornia 607 $aCalifornia$xSocial conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPanjabi Americans 615 0$aMexican Americans 615 0$aInterracial marriage 676 $a305.891/420794 700 $aLeonard$b Karen Isaksen$f1939-$0868005 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459076503321 996 $aMaking ethnic choices$92327751 997 $aUNINA