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Yucatecans in Dallas, Texas: Breaching the Border, Bridging the Distance (Part of the New Immigrants Series)
Rachel H. AdlerThe College of New Jersey

ISBN-10: 0205349897
ISBN-13:  9780205349890

Publisher:  Prentice Hall
Copyright:  2004
Format:  Paper; 160 pp
Published:  07/03/2003
New edition available
  This item has been replaced by Yucatecans in Dallas, Texas: Breaching the Border, Bridging the Distance, 2/E.



This beautifully written ethnography on Yucatecan migrants in Dallas, TX, is a fabulous addition to Allyn & Bacon's New Immigrants Series.

Through fascinating vignettes and case studies, this new, one-of-a-kind text illustrates how these migrants actively maintain social ties across borders and paints a vivid picture of the people and their lives that will mesmerize students.

  • Provides a real-life illustration of a currently hot topic in anthropology and the social sciences—immigration.
  • Focuses on one community and concentrates on transnationalism.
  • Offers ideal material for scholars of migration.



 1. Kaal as Context.


 2. Yucatecans in the “Big D.”


 3. Crossing the Line: Migrants and the U.S. Mexico Border.


 4. Migrant Agendas and Transnationalism.


 5. Women and Men Migrants.


 6. Conclusion.

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    Yucatecans in Dallas, Texas: Breaching the Border, Bridging the Distance, 2/E
    Adler & Foner
    ©2008 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 176 pp | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205521029 | ISBN-13: 9780205521029
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Yucatecans in Dallas, Texas: Breaching the Border, Bridging the Distance
Rachel H. Adler, The College of New Jersey

This beautifully written ethnography on Yucatecan migrants in Dallas, TX, is a fabulous addition to the Allyn & Bacon New Immigrant Series. Through fascinating vignettes and case studies, this new one-of-kind text illustrates how these migrants actively maintain social ties across borders, and paints a vivid picture of the people and their lives that will mesmerize students.

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