Deciding to be Legal - A Maya Community in Houston

Understanding the process of becoming legal from the perspective of an immigrant community

List of contents

Tables Preface and Acknowledgments Part I: Building a Community Structure in Houston 1. Introduction 2. Community of Origin and the Transfer of Cultural Resources 3. The Settlement Process Part II: The Journey through Legalization 4. The Social Process of Becoming Legal 5. Life after Legalization 6. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

About the author

Jacqueline Maria Hagan is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Houston.

Summary

To study the settlement process of undocumented migrants, this work examines one of Houston's Maya communities, the approximately 900 Maya from a township in the Department of Totonicapan, Guatemala. It traces this Maya community from its genesis in 1978 to the complex effects of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA).

Product details

• Authors: Jacqueline Hagan, Jacqueline Maria Hagan
• Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.12.1994
• EAN: 9781566392570
• ISBN: 978-1-56639-257-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 281 g
• Series: Policy; Policy
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories