Open AccessSo Far So Close: Irish and Mexican Migrant Experience in the United States
Author(s) -
José Antonio Gurpegui Palacios
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
oceánide
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.109
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 1989-6328
DOI - 10.37668/oceanide.v13i.47
Subject(s) - irish , settlement (finance) , hegemony , politics , irish sea , political science , demography , genealogy , sociology , geography , political economy , gender studies , history , law , economics , geology , philosophy , linguistics , oceanography , finance , payment
Irish and Mexicans conform two singular migratory groups in the United States. Nowadays it is possible to find important differences between both groups that could lead to think that in both cases the migratory experience responded to different patterns. However, as we empirically analyze the historical, sociological, and political roots of the arrival and settlement of Irish and Mexicans in the United States, it is possible to verify that the two models are not so different. In both cases similar reasons and behaviors are reproduced in aspects related to why they migrated, to settlement patterns, the complex relations with the hegemonic group, or self-protection systems.