Mexicanos : a history of Mexicans in the United States

Author

Manuel G Gonzales

Call Number

• 973.0468 G6431 (CEN)

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Edition

Third edition.

Publication Information

Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2019.

Physical Description

xii, 475 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm

Summary

"Responding to shifts in the political and economic experiences of Mexicans in America, this newly revised and expanded edition of Mexicanos provides a relevant and contemporary consideration of this vibrant community. Emerging from the ruins of Aztec civilization and from centuries of Spanish contact with indigenous people, Mexican culture followed the Spanish colonial frontier northward and put its distinctive mark on what became the southwestern United States. Shaped by their Indian and Spanish ancestors, deeply influenced by Catholicism, and often struggling to respond to political and economic precarity, Mexicans play an important role in US society even as the dominant Anglo culture strives to assimilate them. With new maps, updated appendicxes, and a new chapter providing an up-to-date consideration of the immigration debate centered on Mexican communities in the US, this new edition of Mexicanos provides a thorough and balanced contribution to understanding Mexicans' history and their vital importance to 21st-century America."

Contents

• Spaniards and Native Americans, prehistory-1521
• The Spanish frontier, 1521-1821
• The Mexican Far North, 1821-1848
• The American Southwest, 1848-1900
• The Great Migration, 1900-1930
• The Depression, 1930-1940
• The Second World War and its aftermath, 1940-1965
• The Chicano Movement, 1965-1975
• Goodbye to Aztlan, 1975-1994
• The Hispanic challenge, 1994-2008
• Mexicanos and the homeland security state, 2008-Present
• Appendix A: National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Scholars of the Year
• Appendix B: Hispanic-American Medal of Honor recipients.