Manifest destinies : the making of the Mexican American race /

Manifest destinies : the making of the Mexican American race /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gómez, Laura E., 1964-
Imprint:	New York : New York University, c2007.
Description:	xii, 243 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Mexican Americans -- Race identity. Mexican Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. Mexican Americans -- Colonization -- History -- 19th century. Racism -- United States -- History -- 19th century. Mexican Americans -- New Mexico -- History -- 19th century. Racism -- New Mexico -- History -- 19th century. Mexican Americans. Mexican Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. Mexican Americans -- Race identity. Race relations. Racism. United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century. New Mexico -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century. New Mexico. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6633436

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ISBN:	9780814731741 (cloth : alk. paper) 0814731740 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-234) and index.

Table of Contents:

The U.S. colonization of northern Mexico and the creation of Mexican Americans
Where Mexicans fit in the new American racial order
How a fragile claim to whiteness shaped Mexican Americans' relations with Indians and African Americans
Manifest destiny's legacy : race in America at the turn of the twentieth century.