Between Two Nations The Political Predicament of Latinos in New York City

Name: Between Two Nations The Political Predicament of Latinos in New York City
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ISBN: 9780801483646

ISBN-10: 0801483646

ISBN-13: 9780801483646

Edition: 1998

Authors: Michael Jones-Correa

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List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 5/26/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction the New Hispanic Immigration



Setting the Context



Intimate Strangers: Immigration to Queens



Participation in the American Polity: Why Citizenship Matters



Explaining Participation: Why It Takes So Long to Become a Citizen



The Costs of Choosing



Resistance from Outside: Machine Politics and the (non) Incorporation of Immigrants



Resistance from Within: the Myth of Return and the Community of Memory



Liminal Politics



In-Between Identities: Race and Ethnicity in the American Context



The Politics of In-Between: Avoiding Irreconcilable Demands, Keeping Loyalties



Breaking the Impasse



Wanting It Both Ways: the Quest for Dual Citizenship



Wanting In: Latin American Immigrant Women and the Turn to Electoral Politics



Conclusion: the New Americans



Liminality and Democratic Citizenship


Appendix: Methodology and Interview Sample


References


Index