Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I. OVERVIEW
Chapter 1
Introduction: Crossings:
Mexican Immigration in Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco
II. ANTECEDENTS AND NEW DEMOGRAPHIC FORMATIONS
Chapter 2
Recent Structural Changes in Mexico's Economy:
A Preliminary Analysis of Some Sources of Mexican Migration to the United States Enrique Dussel Peters
Commentary: John H. Coatsworrh
Chapter 3
U.S. Immigration Policies and Trends:
The Growing Importance of Migration from Mexico
Susan Gonzalez Baker, Frank D. Bean, Augustin Escobar Latapi, and Sidney Weintraub
Commentary: Mary C. Waters
III. ECONOMIC THEMES
Chapter 4
The Structural Embeddedness of Demand for Mexican Immigrant Labor:
New Evidence from California
Wayne A. Cornelius
Commentary: Robert Smith
Chapter 5
Dimensions of Economic Adaptation by Mexican-Origin Men
Dowell Myers
Commentary: Nathan Glazer
IV. SOCIAL THEMES
Chapter 6
Migration and Integration: Intermarriages among
Mexicans and Non-Mexicans in the United States
Jorge Durand
Commentary: Merilee Grindle
Chapter 7
Access to Health Insurance and Health Care for Mexican American Children in Immigrant Families
E. Richard Brown, Roberta Wyn, Hongjian Yu, Abel Valenzuela, and Liane Doug
Commentary: Felton Earls
Chapter 8
The Education of Mexican Immigrant Children
Enrique T. Trueba
Commentary: Gary Orfield
V. PSYCHOCULTURAL THEMES
Chapter 9
Cultural Mourning, Immigration, and Engagement:
Vignettes from the Mexican Experience
Ricardo C. Ainslie
Commentary: Peggy Levitt
Chapter 10
Ethnic Mexicans and the Transformation of "American" Social Space:
Reflections on Recent History
David G. Gutiérrez
Commentary: George I. Sanchez
Chapter 11
The U.S. Immigration Control Offensive:
Constructing an Image of Order on the Southwest Border
Peter Andreas
Commentary: Jacqueline Hagan
Chapter 12
Immigration and Public Opinion
Thomas I. Espenshade and Maryanne Belanger
Commentary: Michael Jones-Correa
Epilogue
Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco
Index
