Manifest destinies : the making of the Mexican American race /
Gómez, Laura E., 1964-
Manifest destinies : the making of the Mexican American race / Laura E. Gómez. - New York : New York University, c2007. - xii, 243 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-234) and index.
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.
9780814731741 0814731740
Mexican Americans--Race identity.
Mexican Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.
Mexican Americans--Colonization--History--19th century.
Racism--History--United States--19th century.
Mexican Americans--History--New Mexico--19th century.
Racism--History--New Mexico--19th century.
United States--Race relations--History--19th century.
New Mexico--Race relations--History--19th century.
305.868/72073
Manifest destinies : the making of the Mexican American race / Laura E. Gómez. - New York : New York University, c2007. - xii, 243 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-234) and index.
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.
9780814731741 0814731740
Mexican Americans--Race identity.
Mexican Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.
Mexican Americans--Colonization--History--19th century.
Racism--History--United States--19th century.
Mexican Americans--History--New Mexico--19th century.
Racism--History--New Mexico--19th century.
United States--Race relations--History--19th century.
New Mexico--Race relations--History--19th century.
305.868/72073