Book
Familia: immigration and adaptation in Baja and Alta California, 1800-1975
University of California Press • Berkeley • Published In 1987 • Pages:
By: Alvarez, Robert R..
Abstract
This book is a social history about a group of pioneer families that migrated north from southern Baja, California and settled along the United States - Mexico border. Many of these families have direct kinship ties to the author. Alvaraez reconstructs the history that brought these migrants to the border area and attempts to identify the sociocultural patterns involved in their migration and adaptation to a new cultural environment. The author describes in detail complex geographical, political, and economic factors concerned with the migrations, and the development of networks associated with the interrelationships of families through friendships, marriages, and COMPADRAZGO relations.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2001
- Field Date
- September 1975-January 1977
- Coverage Date
- 1800s - 1970s
- Coverage Place
- San Diego, California, United States
- Notes
- Robert R. Alvarez, Jr.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-201) and index
- LCCN
- 85023217
- LCSH
- Mexican Americans