Description
The immigration patterns of the last three decades have profoundly changed nearly every aspect of life in the United States. What do those changes mean for the most established Americans-those whose families have been in the country for multiple generations? The Other Side of Assimilation shows that assimilation is not a one-way street. Jimenez explains how established Americans undergo their own assimilation in response to profound immigration-driven ethnic, racial, political, economic, and cultural shifts. Drawing on interviews with a race and class spectrum of established Americans in three different Silicon Valley cities, The Other Side of Assimilation illuminates how established Americans make sense of their experiences in immigrant-rich environments, in work, school, public interactions, romantic life, and leisure activities. With lucid prose, Jimenez reveals how immigration not only changes the American cityscape but also reshapes the United States by altering the outlooks and identities of its most established citizens.
About the Author
Tomas R. Jimenez is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Faculty Affiliate at the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford University. He is the author of Replenished Ethnicity: Mexican Americans, Immigration, and Identity.
Reviews
"Tomas Jimenez is one of the most nuanced, thoughtful scholars of immigration-driven diversity and cultural change I've come across." * National Review *
"Jimenez's book is an example of practical politics . . . [and] is accessible to a diverse set of students, including undergraduates and
graduate students. Social scientists, (im)migration, and race and ethnicity scholars will find it useful, given immigration's prominence in our current political system." * IMR: International Migration Review *
Book Information
ISBN 9780520295704
Author Tomas Jimenez
Format Paperback
Page Count 296
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Weight(grams) 454g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm
About the Author
Tomas R. Jimenez is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Faculty Affiliate at the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford University. He is the author of Replenished Ethnicity: Mexican Americans, Immigration, and Identity.
Reviews
"Tomas Jimenez is one of the most nuanced, thoughtful scholars of immigration-driven diversity and cultural change I've come across." * National Review *
"Jimenez's book is an example of practical politics . . . [and] is accessible to a diverse set of students, including undergraduates and
graduate students. Social scientists, (im)migration, and race and ethnicity scholars will find it useful, given immigration's prominence in our current political system." * IMR: International Migration Review *
Book Information
ISBN 9780520295704
Author Tomas Jimenez
Format Paperback
Page Count 296
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Weight(grams) 454g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm
