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 Mexi...

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