Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction: Immigrant Incorporation in Rural New Destinations 1
6. Part I. Geography
7. 1. “I’m a Person Who Likes Tranquility a Lot”: Southern Region and Rural Space in the Hispanic Newcomer Experience 23
8. Part II. Economy
9. 2. “The Americans Give You the Opportunity to Work and Grow”: Stability and Short-Distance Mobility in the New Rural Southern Economy 53
10. 3. “It’s Not Like If You Work in a Big Place and You Can Move up the Ladder”: Insecurity and Stagnation in the Old Rural Southern Economy 83
11. Part III. Race and Citizenship
12. 4. “The Blacks Don’t Like Us, and It’s Worse Than with the Whites”: Class Structure, Black Population Size, and the Threat of Social Leapfrogging 113
13. 5. “The White Americans Have Always Been Very Friendly”: Discrimination, Racial Expectations, and Moral Hierarchies in the Black-White Binary 142
14. Part IV. Politics and Institutions
15. 6. “We’re Here to Serve Our Residents”: Service-Inspired Responsiveness to Hispanic Newcomers in Education and Health 179
16. 7. “If I Didn’t Trust You Before, I Don’t Even Want to See You Now”: Regulatory Ambivalence in Law Enforcement and the Courts 209
17. Conclusion: Promises and Pitfalls in the Rural American South 231
18. Appendix: Terminology and Methodology 269
19. Notes 281
20. References 315
21. Index 363