Description
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive study of five phases of Guatemalan migration—both Maya and ladino—to the United States from the late 1970s to the present illuminates the transregional experiences of those who pass through Mexico.
Trade Review"…an extremely timely, ground-breaking, and very well written account…of Guatemalan migration to the US…The authors take us far beyond the latest headlines in the first book-length study addressing Guatemalan migration to the US as a national, rather than community-specific, phenomenon. . . Migrants exercise agency in important ways, from deciding to migrate out of desperate conditions to building better living and working conditions in the US to clamoring to change migration policies to practicing cultural expressions and creating organizations in new communities. This in turn has affected the social structure in ways large and small as the larger immigration process reshapes communities across the US. Jonas and Rodríguez have made an outstanding scholarly contribution to our understanding of these issues in a book that deserves a wide readership and discussion." * NACLA *
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Theoretical Perspectives: Guatemalan Migration and Regionalization
Chapter 2. Phases of Migration
Chapter 3. Organizing for Migrant Rights
Chapter 4. Settlement and Transformations in Houston
Chapter 5. Contradictions of the San Francisco Area
Chapter 6. Transregional Passage
Notes
Bibliography
Index
