Mexicans in the Making of America / / Neil Foley.
According to census projections, by 2050 nearly one in three U.S. residents will be Latino, and the overwhelming majority of these will be of Mexican descent. This dramatic demographic shift is reshaping politics, culture, and fundamental ideas about American identity. Neil Foley, a leading Mexican...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (340 p.) :; 22 halftones, 2 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Prologue: “America’s Changing Colors”
- 1. The Genesis of Mexican America
- 2. No Estás en Tu Casa
- 3. Becoming Good Neighbors
- 4. Defending the Hemisphere
- 5. Braceros and the “Wetback” Invasion
- 6. The Chicano Movement
- 7. Brave New Mundo
- 8. Fortress America
- Epilogue: “We Are America”
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index