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La comunidad Latina, the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States, has long been told that assimilation is the only way to succeed in American society. This book challenges that generally accepted view and concludes instead that transformation as a way of life is the only viable option for ...

La comunidad Latina, the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States, has long been told that assimilation is the only way to succeed in American society. This book challenges that generally accepted view and concludes instead that transformation as a way of life is the only viable option for the Latino community as a whole, regardless of racial, class, regional, or religious differences. It highlights how in the everyday life of la comunidad Latina the members of the community can recognize the underlying ways of life, the stories, and the patterns of relationships that cripple them, and how to break with these ways of life, stories, and relationships to create fundamentally more loving and compassionate alternatives.

In the small village of Napizaro, on the border of Mexico & Southern California, local peasants have learned to operate in two worlds to survive: they participate in the global capitalist economy by sending migrants to the United States in order to succeed as small-holding farmers. But as ...

In the small village of Napizaro, on the border of Mexico & Southern California, local peasants have learned to operate in two worlds to survive: they participate in the global capitalist economy by sending migrants to the United States in order to succeed as small-holding farmers. But as marginalized workers in a segmented labor force, they are unable to secure a full livelihood in the United States; thus they must retain the links to their agrarian roots, including retaining right to ejidal property. Casa De Mis Suenos is an exploration of conflict between the ideals of home, centered on community & family in Mexico, & the need to earn a living, which entails long sojourns in the United States. Despite the apparent ease with which Mexican natives move across borders, participation in international labor markets necessitates dividing the community. It also calls into question the notions of village, house-hold, nation-state, & self, which have lost their descriptive power in the context of transnational capitalism. The book is more than an engaging account of the realities which pervade one small village-it's an examination of the politics, poverty, wealth, & social & economic changes with affect the entire Mexico/ Southern California border today.

"Hayes-Bautista has long argued that Latinos in the United States, generally, and Mexican Americans, specifically, are members of a civil society--and not some dysfunctional minority group, as commonly imagined. As Americans lately have discovered America within the Americas, Hayes-Bautista now ...

"Hayes-Bautista has long argued that Latinos in the United States, generally, and Mexican Americans, specifically, are members of a civil society--and not some dysfunctional minority group, as commonly imagined. As Americans lately have discovered America within the Americas, Hayes-Bautista now gives us an excellent guide to the nation's future, by describing the new possibility of California--the largest Hispanic state in the union."--Richard Rodriguez, author of "Brown: The Last Discovery of America

"For more than two decades, Hayes-Bautista has been on the forefront of social scientists researching the developing Latino identity of California. The cumulative result is "La Nueva California, a tour de force of social science, enlivened by convincing detail, historical imagination, prophetic power, and--above all else--great hope."--Kevin Starr, author of "Americans and the California Dream series

"For more than a decade, David Hayes-Bautista has accurately charted the trajectory of the New California. He is the best qualified scholar to explain the pattern of Latino growth in California and its importance for California as a whole. His analysis is persuasive and sets forth constructive initiatives to allow the Latino presence in California to be a positive force for sustaining California as a state of opportunity and achievement."--Henry Cisneros, Chairman and CEO, American CityVista