Mexican Americans and the U.S. Economy: Quest for Buenos Dias (The Mexican American Experience)
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Examines the problems that Mexican Americans have experienced in attaining economic parity with non-Hispanic whites, addressing issues dealing with immigration, education, wealth and poverty, and the labor market. Gonzalez has drawn on recent census data to present for the first time in one volume a detailed economic analysis of three generations of Mexican Americans.
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As workers and consumers, Mexican Americans are a viable-and valuable-part of the broad U.S. economy. Despite that many are hindered by low education (and consequently low wages) and limited opportunities, they have continuously struggled for, and continue to seek, better days and the opportunity to realize their share of the American dream.
This book examines the problems that Mexican Americans have experienced in attaining economic parity with non-Hispanic whites. It examines four major topics of particular concern to the economic status of the Mexican American community:
-- immigration, reviewing the Bracero Program, the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, legislation from the 1990s, and the problems faced by immigrants today
-- education, stressing the importance of economic incentives to invest in education
-- wealth and poverty, evaluating opportunities and roadblocks as Mexican Americans aspire to middle-class standards of living
-- the labor market, covering such topics as employment, income, and discrimination
Arturo Gonzalez has drawn on recent census data to present for the first time in one volume a detailed economic analysis of three generations of Mexican Americans. These statistics reveal a people who are steadily improving economically and provide evidence that stereotypes of Mexican Americans are outdated or erroneous.
Mexican Americans and the U.S. Economy shows that economics is an important aspect of the Mexican American experience. The book helps broaden students' understanding of the community's ongoing struggle, putting the quest for buenos dias in clearer perspective.
Mexican Americans and the U.S. Economy: Quest for Buenos Dias (The Mexican American Experience)
Mexican Americans and the U.S. Economy: Quest for Buenos Dias (The Mexican American Experience),Arturo Gonzalez,University of Arizona Press,0816519773,1981-,20th century,Business / Economics / Finance,Economic Conditions,Economics - General,Ethnic Studies - General,International - Economics,International Relations - Treaties,Mexican Americans,Social Science,Social conditions,Sociology,United States
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