North from Mexico
Subtitle: the Spanish-speaking people of the United States
By: by Carey McWilliams ; second edition updated by Matt. S. Meier ; third edition updated by Alma M. García ; foreword by Mario García
Contributors: Meier, Matt S.; García, Alma M.
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9781440836824; 9781440849855
Subjects: Mexicans; Mexican Americans; Emigration and immigration; Immigrants; Ethnic relations; History
Description: "This single-volume book provides students, educators, and politicians with an update to the classic Carey McWilliams work North From Mexico. It provides up-to-date information on the Chicano experience and the emergent social dynamics in the United States as a result of Mexican immigration. Provides readers with an in-depth understanding of the changing demographics of the Mexican immigrant population in the United States. Analyzes the major trends in U.S. immigration, including anti-immigrant policies, issues facing the unauthorized immigrant population, and the development of the immigrant rights movement. Examines the complex interrelationship between Mexican immigrants and later generations of U.S.-born Mexican Americans and the U.S. political system. Covers important recent topics such as anti-immigration movements, language debates like Prop 227 and other anti-immigrant legislation that address the education of Spanish speakers, cultural developments and art of Mexican Americans, and the changing economic outlook for Mexican immigrants. Offers the latest information on the complex interrelationship between Mexican immigrants and later generations of U.S.-born Mexican Americans"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: I. IN SPANISH SADDLEBAGS; title: II. THE FANTASY HERITAGE; title: III. THE FAN OF SETTLEMENT; title: IV. HEART OF THE BORDERLANDS; title: V. THE BROKEN BORDER; title: VI. "NOT COUNTING MEXICANS"; title: VII. GRINGOS AND GREASERS; title: VIII. THE HERITAGE OF THE SOUTHWEST; title: IX. THE BORDERLANDS ARE INVADED; title: X. THE SECOND DEFEAT; title: XI. "THE MEXICAN PROBLEM"; title: XII. THE PATTERN OF VIOLENCE; title: XIII. BLOOD ON THE PAVEMENTS; title: XIV. THE WAR YEARS; title: XV. AFTER A HUNDRED YEARS; title: XVI. "ONE AND TOGETHER"; title: XVII. CHICANO LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION / by Matt S. Meier; title: XVIII. POLITICS, EDUCATION, AND CULTURE / by Matt S. Meier; title: XIX. NORTH FROM MEXICO / by Matt S. Meier; title: XX. A DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF THE MEXICAN BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES / by Alma M. García; title: XXI. STILL COMING NORTH FROM MEXICO : CONSTRAINTS AND CONTESTATIONS / by Alma M. García; title: XXII. MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS IN A CHANGING SOCIETY / by Alma M. García; title: EPILOGUE / by Alma M. García; title: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO THE NEW EDITION / by Alma M. García; title: ADDITIONAL NOTES ON SOURCES / by Matt S. Meier.