Barrios to burbs [electronic resource] : the making of the Mexican-American middle class / Jody Agius Vallejo.

Class, assimilation, and Mexican Americans
Mexican Americans yesterday and today
From the barrio to the Middle America : divergent class backgrounds and pathways into the middle class
Family obligations, giving back, and middle-class individualism
Mexicans or coconuts : middle-class minority and American identities
Ethnic professional associations and the minority culture of mobility
Conclusion : the new American middle class.