Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Effects of Mexican Immigration on Mexican American Ethnicity

博士论文研究：墨西哥移民对墨西哥裔美国人的影响

• 批准号: 0131738
• 负责人: Mary Waters
• 金额: $ 0.75万
• 依托单位: Harvard University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-03-15 至 2005-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0131738&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Effects; Mexican

This research would investigate Mexican American ethnicity in two mid-size communities (Santa Maria, California and Garden City, Kansas). These locations extend sociological research on ethnicity beyond the usual major metropolitan areas. 120 interviews in the two communities will address questions of the strength of ethnic identification and the relationships between established residents and new immigrants. An organizational comparison of Mexican American civil rights groups in the two communities will also help us understand how ethnicity develops and is expressed. A principal research question focuses on how the different patterns of immigration in the two communities (continuous immigration in Santa Maria versus distinct phases in Garden City) have affected ethnic identification and solidarity.

本研究将调查两个中等规模社区（加州的圣玛利亚和堪萨斯的花园城市）的墨西哥裔美国人。 这些地点将对种族的社会学研究扩展到通常的主要大都市地区之外。 在这两个社区进行的120次访谈将讨论种族认同的强度以及现有居民和新移民之间的关系。 对两个社区中的墨西哥裔美国人民权团体进行组织比较也将有助于我们了解种族是如何发展和表达的。 一个主要的研究问题集中在两个社区的不同移民模式（圣玛利亚的持续移民与花园城市的不同阶段）如何影响族裔认同和团结。