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During the past three decades there have been many studies of transnational migration. Most of the scholarship has focused on one side of the border, one area of labor incorporation, one generation of migrants, and one gender. In this path-breaking book, Manuel Barajas presents the first cross-national, comparative study to examine a Mexican-origin community’s experience with international migration and transnationalism. He presents an extended case study of the Xaripu community, with home bases in both Xaripu, Michoacán, and Stockton, California, and elaborates how various forms of colonialism, institutional biases, and emergent forms of domination have shaped Xaripu labor migration, community formation, and family experiences across the Mexican/U.S. border for over a century.

Of special interest are Barajas’s formal and informal interviews within the community, his examination of oral histories, and his participant observation in several locations. Barajas asks, What historical events have shaped the Xaripus’ migration experiences? How have Xaripus been incorporated into the U.S. labor market? How have national inequalities affected their ability to form a community across borders? And how have migration, settlement, and employment experiences affected the family, especially gender relationships, on both sides of the border?

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  1. Cover Art
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  1. Front Matter
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. 1 Introduction: Labor Migration, Community, and Family across Borders
  2. pp. 1-26
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  1. 2 Theoretical Perspectives on Labor Migration
  2. pp. 27-62
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  1. 3 A Social-Historical Context of Xaripu’s Land Displacement and Labor Migration Experience
  2. pp. 63-98
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  1. 4 The Logic of Colonialism in Modern Labor Relations
  2. pp. 99-144
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  1. 5 Haciendo Comunidad across Borders
  2. pp. 145-181
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  1. 6 The Family across Borders
  2. pp. 183-212
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  1. 7 A Pueblo’s Search for Empowerment across Borders
  2. pp. 213-222
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  1. Appendix
  2. pp. 223-232
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 233-275
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  1. Works Cited
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  1. index
  2. pp. 309-323
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