Mexicans in the making of America / Neil Foley.
Mexicans in the making of America / Neil Foley.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014.
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G 2015/1086
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 344 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue: "America's changing colors" -- The genesis of Mexican America -- No estas en tu casa -- Becoming good neighbors -- Defending the hemisphere -- Braceros and the "wetback" invasion -- The Chicano movement -- Brave new mundo -- Fortress America -- Epilogue: "We are America."
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2014.
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Summary
"Mexicans in the Making of America examines the impact of Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants on U.S. culture, politics, and economy since the 1848 U.S.-Mexican War, when the United States seized the northern half of Mexico--the present-day states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas (annexed in 1846), Nevada, Utah, and parts of Wyoming,...
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Mexicans in the making of America / Neil Foley.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Call Numbers
G 2015/1086
Record Identifier
74VKO4wJWAlM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKO4wJWAlM
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ISBN
0674048482
9780674048485
DDC
973/.046872
MMS ID
991022618749702626
