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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455739003321

Autore

Menchaca Martha

Titolo

Recovering history, constructing race [[electronic resource] ] : the Indian, black, and white roots of Mexican Americans / / by Martha Menchaca

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, TX, : University of Texas Press, 2001

ISBN

0-292-79877-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (390 p.)

Collana

The Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture

Disciplina

973/.046872

Soggetti

Mexican Americans - Ethnic identity

Mexican Americans - History

Mexican Americans - Race identity

Racially mixed people - United States - History

Racism - United States - History

Electronic books.

Mexico Relations United States

United States Ethnic relations

United States Race relations

United States Relations Mexico

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-365) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Racial Foundations -- 2. Racial Formation: Spain's Racial Order -- 3. The Move North: The Gran Chichimeca and -- New Mexico -- 4. The Spanish Settlement of Texas and Arizona -- 5. The Settlement of California and the Twilight of -- the Spanish Period -- 6. Liberal Racial Legislation during the Mexican Period, -- I82I-I848 -- 7. Land, Race, and War, I82I-I848 -- 8. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Racialization -- of the Mexican Population -- 9. Racial Segregation and Liberal Policies Then and Now -- Epilogue: Auto/ethnographic Observations of Race -- and History -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.