Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations viii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. 1. Introducing Becoming Neighbors 1
6. 2. Theorizing about Mexican American–Mexican Immigrant Relations in ‘‘Occupied Mexico’’ 18
7. 3. ‘‘Where the Past Meets the Future’’: Centering La Puente 45
8. 4. ‘‘This Is Who I Am’’: Negotiating Racial/Ethnic Constructions 70
9. 5. ‘‘Between a Rock and a Hard Place, with No Easy Answers’’: Structuring Conflict 98
10. 6. ‘‘We Can’t Forget Our Roots’’: Building Solidarity 131
11. 7. Constructing Puentes: Mexican American and Mexican Immigrant Mobilization 176
12. 8. Revisiting and Envisioning the Processes of Becoming Neighbors 219
13. Appendix: The Politics of Research 233
14. Notes 237
15. References 251
16. Index 267