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Reimagining the Immigrant This page intentionally left blank Reimagining the Immigrant The Accommodation of Mexican Immigrants in Rural America Brian D. Haley REIMAGINING THE IMMIGRANT Copyright © Brian D. Haley 2009 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2009 978-0-230-61602-8 All rights reserved. First published in 2009 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-37969-9 ISBN 978-0-230-10419-8 (eBook) DOI. 10.1057/9780230104198 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Haley, Brian D. Reimagining the immigrant : the accommodation of Mexican immigrants in rural America / Brian D. Haley. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-349-37969-9 (alk. paper) 1. Migrant agricultural laborers—California—San Luis Obispo County—Social conditions. 2. Mexicans—California—San Luis Obispo County—Social conditions. 3. Agriculture—Social aspects— California—San Luis Obispo County. 4. San Luis Obispo County (Calif.)—Rural conditions. 5. San Luis Obispo County (Calif.)—Race relations. 6. Mexico—Emigration and immigration. 7. United States— Emigration and immigration. I. Title. HD1527.C2H35 2009 305.868(cid:2)72079478—dc22 2009016797 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: December 2009 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 In memoriam, Naomi Stutsman Haley (1921–1992) This page intentionally left blank C O N T E N T S List of Illustrations ix List of Tables xi Acknowledgments xiii One Introduction 1 Two The Changing Farm and Town 23 Three Making Social Categories from Local Roots and Class 47 Four The Rhetoric and Practice of Ethnicity 69 Five Institutions, Leadership, and Community 93 Six “We Want Our Town Back!” 119 Seven Sources of Local Integration 145 Eight The Delictum Vineyards Scandal and Its Aftermath 171 Nine Immigration’s Dual Outcomes 191 Notes 213 Bibliography 223 Index 233 This page intentionally left blank L I S T O F I L L U S T R A T I O N S Maps 1.1 The Shandon region 8 2.1 Agricultural land uses on Shandon Flat in 1970 and vineyards in 1990 31 Figures 2.1 San Luis Obispo County wheat and barley acreage and Conservation Reserve Program 28 2.2 San Luis Obispo County cattle and calves 29 2.3 San Luis Obispo County alfalfa hay acreage 32 2.4 Grape vineyard development in the Shandon region by planting year 34 2.5 Ethnicity of farmworker household heads with children in Shandon District schools 38 2.6 The New Rural Demography 45 6.1 A small, dilapidated house in Shandon Alley 124 7.1 Native and immigrant teens gather around the Club Azteca table 166
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