Naturalizing Mexican Immigrants : : A Texas History / / Martha Menchaca.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Menchaca, Martha,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.)

During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a majority of the Mexican immigrant population in the United States resided in Texas, making the state a flashpoint in debates over whether to deny naturalization rights. As Texas federal courts grappled with the issue, policies pertaining to Mexican immigrants came to reflect evolving political ideologies on both sides of the border. Drawing on unprecedented historical analysis of state archives, U.S. Congressional records, and other sources of overlooked data, Naturalizing Mexican Immigrants provides a rich understanding of the realities and rhetoric that have led to present-day immigration controversies. Martha Menchaca's groundbreaking research examines such facets as U.S.-Mexico relations following the U.S. Civil War and the schisms created by Mexican abolitionists; the anti-immigration stance that marked many suffragist appeals; the effects of the Spanish American War; distinctions made for mestizo, Afromexicano, and Native American populations; the erosion of means for U.S. citizens to legalize their relatives; and the ways in which U.S. corporations have caused the political conditions that stimulated emigration from Mexico. The first historical study of its kind, Naturalizing Mexican Immigrants delivers a clear-eyed view of provocative issues.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 From the Making of the U.S.-Mexico Border to the U.S. Civil War -- CHAPTER 2 The Politics of Naturalization Policy in Texas: The Case of Mexican Immigrants -- CHAPTER 3 Ricardo Rodriguez and the People’s Party in the 1890s -- CHAPTER 4 From the Spanish-American War to the Outbreak of the Mexican Revolution -- CHAPTER 5 Mexican Women and Naturalization: The Era of the Woman Suffrage Movement -- CHAPTER 6 Then and Now: The Path Toward Citizenship -- APPENDIX 1 Texas Naturalization Records and Archives, Pre-1906 -- APPENDIX 2 Persons Naturalized in Texas and by Mexican Origin, 1907–2009 -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index