Mexicans in the Making of America

Mexicans in the Making of America
Author :
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 361
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780674048485
ISBN-13 : 0674048482
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Mexicans in the Making of America by : Neil Foley

Download or read book Mexicans in the Making of America written by Neil Foley and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-06 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year 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 American historian, offers a sweeping view of the evolution of Mexican America, from a colonial outpost on Mexico’s northern frontier to a twenty-first-century people integral to the nation they have helped build. “Compelling...Readers of all political persuasions will find Foley’s intensively researched, well-documented scholarly work an instructive, thoroughly accessible guide to the ramifications of immigration policy.” —Publishers Weekly “For Americans long accustomed to understanding the country’s development as an east-to-west phenomenon, Foley’s singular service is to urge us to tilt the map south-to-north and to comprehend conditions as they have been for some time and will likely be for the foreseeable future...A timely look at and appreciation of a fast-growing demographic destined to play an increasingly important role in our history.” —Kirkus Reviews


Mexicans in the Making of America Related Books

Mexicans in the Making of America
Language: en
Pages: 361
Authors: Neil Foley
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-10-06 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year According to census projections, by 2050 nearly one in three U.S. residents will be Latino, and the overwhelming
Making Hispanics
Language: en
Pages: 250
Authors: G. Cristina Mora
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-03-07 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

How did Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, and Cubans become known as “Hispanics” and “Latinos” in the United States? How did several distinct cultures and nation
Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas, 1836–1986
Language: en
Pages: 493
Authors: David Montejano
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-07-05 - Publisher: Univ of TX + ORM

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

“A benchmark publication . . . A meticulously documented work that provides an alternative interpretation and revisionist view of Mexican-Anglo relations.”
How Race Is Made in America
Language: en
Pages: 232
Authors: Natalia Molina
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

How Race Is Made in America examines Mexican AmericansÑfrom 1924, when American law drastically reduced immigration into the United States, to 1965, when many
Barrios to Burbs
Language: en
Pages: 248
Authors: Jody Vallejo
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-08-15 - Publisher: Stanford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Too frequently, the media and politicians cast Mexican immigrants as a threat to American society. Given America's increasing ethnic diversity and the large siz