"Currently, the livelihood of one in ten households in Mexico depends on the remittances that immigrants send to their families from the United States. Remittance Architecture explores both the triggering origin of this migratory phenomenon, as well as the impact it has on the transformation of Mexican people. The whole range of stylistic possibilities for the architectural transformation is imported following the "American dream" and translated into hybrids of mosaics, balusters, colors, kitsch accents, pastiches, where "all styles are possible": from the American neoclassical Capitol style, associated with the order of capitalism and the symbol of power, to the taste for the most eclectic colorism. The book focuses on Vista Hermosa, a town and former hacienda in southern Jalisco with a high rate of migration, and whose built space has been radically transformed in the last seventy years. The architecture of Vista Hermosa mutated to become a reflection of its inhabitants, their aspirations for a better life, and their desire to return to their hometown. By analyzing the origin and symbolism of the transformations in Vista Hermosa, the book focuses on the historical, social, cultural and aesthetic value of a new global typology; Remittance architecture." (HKB Translation)--Publisher.