The Mexican-American people : the Nation's second largest minority / Leo Grebler, Joan W. Moore [and] Ralph C. Guzman ; with Jeffrey L. Berlant [and others].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 677-742) and index.

Part one : The setting. Introduction -- A preview of socioeconomic conditions -- Part two : Historical perspective. Introductory note -- The milieu of the Southwest -- The ebb and flow of immigration -- Patterns of work and settlement -- Part three : Socioeconomic conditions : a detailed portrait. Introductory note -- Distinctive population patterns -- The education gap -- Income differentials -- Occupations and jobs -- Jobs and earnings -- Housing conditions -- Residential segregation -- Part four : The individual in the social system. Introductory note -- The social worlds of Mexican Americans -- Social class and social mobility -- The family : variations in time and space -- Ethnic perceptions and relations : ingroup and outgroup -- Intermarriage as an index of assimilation -- The tenacity of ethnic culture -- Part five : The role of churches. Introductory note -- Dynamics of the Catholic Church : from pastoral to social concern -- Protestants and Mexicans -- Part six : Political interaction. Introductory note -- Contact with governmental agencies -- Ethnic organizations and leadership -- Political effectiveness -- Part seven : Summary and conclusions. Past trends and future outlook -- Appendixes. Derivation of data on Mexican Americans from the U.S. census -- Sample design for the Los Angeles school study -- Supplemental tables on the Los Angeles school study -- Multiple regression analysis of factors related to achievement (Los Angeles study) -- Estimates of the characteristics of poor and of non-poor Spanish-surname families and individuals in the Southwest, 1960 -- A note on occupational classifications -- The index of residential dissimilarity and problems of its use in this study -- Sample design and selection procedures for Mexican-American household interview surveys in Los Angeles and San Antonio -- Questionnaire for household surveys in Los Angeles and San Antonio -- Supplemental materials on the Roman Catholic Church -- Persons interviewed informally on field tours and in Los Angeles.