Familia : migration and adaptation in Baja and Alta California, 1800–1975 / / Robert R. Alvarez

• Autore: Alvarez Robert R.
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1987]; ©1987
• Edizione: Reprint 2019
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 p.) : 1 frontisp., 8 maps
• Disciplina: 979.4/980046872073
• Soggetto topico: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
• Soggetto geografico: Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) Social conditions
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- MAPS -- PHOTOGRAPHS -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND OF MOBILITY -- 2. NINETEENTH-CENTURY DEVELOPMENTS: THE SOCIOECONOMIC CONTEXT OF MIGRATION -- 3. THE SOCIAL, GEOGRAPHIC, AND TEMPORAL BASIS OF NETWORK FORMATION -- 4. CALMALLÍ: THE MINING CIRCUIT AND EARLY NETWORK DEVELOPMENT, 1880-1910 -- 5. SAN DIEGO AND CALEXICO: THE FRONTERA AND EARLY NETWORK FORMALIZATION -- 6. SAN DIEGO-LEMON GROVE: FLORESCENCE, 1930-1950 -- 7. EPILOGUE -- 8. CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX: ORIGINAL SPANISH FIELD NOTES -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Anthropologists, historians, and sociologists will find here a striking challenge to accepted explanations of the northward movement of migrants from Mexico into the United States. Alvarez investigates the life histories of pioneer migrants and their offspring, finding a human dimension to migration which centers on the family. Spanish, American, and English exploits paved the way for exchange between Baja and Alta California. Alvarez shows how cultural stability actually increased as migrants settled in new locations, bringing their common values and memories with them. Anthropologists, historians, and sociologists will find here a striking challenge to accepted explanations of the northward movement of migrants from Mexico into the United States. Alvarez investigates the life histories of pioneer migrants and their offs
• Titolo autorizzato: Familia
• ISBN: 9780520342880; 0520342887; 9780520911109; 0520911105; 9780585361420; 0585361428
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910495971303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II