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Acknowledgments | p. ix |
Introduction: Labor Migration, Community, and Family across Borders | p. 1 |
An Overview of the Book | p. 4 |
Biographical Sketches of Xaripu Labor Migrants | p. 10 |
Theoretical Perspectives on Labor Migration | p. 27 |
Structural Perspectives | p. 29 |
Transnational Perspectives | p. 33 |
Internal Colonialism | p. 39 |
Moving beyond Traditional Perspectives | p. 44 |
Interactive Colonization | p. 45 |
Methods | p. 55 |
A Social-Historical Context of Xaripu's Land Displacement and Labor Migration Experience | p. 63 |
Origins of Xaripus | p. 64 |
The Colonization of Michoacán (1521) | p. 67 |
Mexican Independence (1810) | p. 72 |
The Mexican Revolution (1910) | p. 76 |
Agrarian Reform in Mexico (1917-1930s) | p. 82 |
Bracero Period (1942-64) | p. 87 |
Post-Bracero Period (1964-1980s) | p. 93 |
Contextualizing Xaripus' Labor Migration in the History of Colonialism | p. 97 |
The Logic of Colonialism in Modern Labor Relations | p. 99 |
Colonial Labor in the Fields | p. 100 |
Labor Conditions in California Agriculture | p. 104 |
Out of the Fields | p. 125 |
Race, Gender, and Colonialism in Modern Labor Relations | p. 142 |
Haciendo Comunidad across Borders | p. 145 |
Contextualizing and Conceptualizing Xaripu Transnationalism | p. 146 |
Beyond Social Interaction: Convivir | p. 153 |
Convivencia | p. 154 |
Nepantla | p. 163 |
Empowerment | p. 174 |
The Challenge of Building a Cross-Border Community: Global Inequalities | p. 180 |
The Family across Borders: Exploring Gaps in Perception and Practice of Gender Empowerment | p. 183 |
Perspectives on Gender Relations within Immigrant Families | p. 184 |
&iq;Quién Manda? (Who Has the Authority?) | p. 191 |
The Division of Household Labor | p. 199 |
The Impact of Transnationalism on Perceptions of Family and Gender Equity | p. 203 |
The Complexities of Gender Empowerment within the Family across Borders | p. 210 |
A Pueblo's Search for Empowerment across Borders | p. 213 |
Appendix | p. 223 |
Notes | p. 233 |
Works Cited | p. 277 |
Index | p. 309 |
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