Walls and Mirrors Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the Politics of Ethnicity

Name: Walls and Mirrors Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the Politics of Ethnicity
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ISBN: 9780520202191

ISBN-10: 0520202198

ISBN-13: 9780520202191

Edition: 1995

Authors: David G. Gutiï¿½rrez, David G. Gutiï¿½rrez

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Covering more than one hundred years of American history, Walls and Mirrors examines the ways that continuous immigration from Mexico transformed--and continues to shape--the political, social, and cultural life of the American Southwest. Taking a fresh approach to one of the most divisive political issues of our time, David Gutieacute;rrez explores the ways that nearly a century of steady immigration from Mexico has shaped ethnic politics in California and Texas, the two largest U.S. border states. Drawing on an extensive body of primary and secondary sources, Gutieacute;rrez focuses on the complex ways that their pattern of immigration influenced Mexican Americans' sense of social and…

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List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 3/27/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 321
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Legacies of Conquest



Economic Development and Immigration, 1890-1920



The Shifting Politics of Ethnicity in the Interwar Period



The Contradictions of Ethnic Politics, 1940-1950



Ethnic Politics, Immigration Policy, and the Cold War



Sin Fronteras? The Contemporary Debate


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index