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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790160503321

Autore

Gonzales Manuel G

Titolo

Mexicanos [[electronic resource] ] : a history of Mexicans in the United States / / Manuel G. Gonzales

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-280-59632-5

9786613626158

0-253-00777-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (408 p.)

Disciplina

973/.046872

Soggetti

Mexican Americans - History

Mexicans - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Spaniards and Native Americans, prehistory-1521 -- The Spanish frontier, 1521-1821 -- The Mexican far north, 1821-1848 -- The American Southwest, 1848-1900 -- The great migration, 1900-1930 -- The depression, 1930-1940 -- The Second World War and its aftermath, 1940-1965 -- The Chicano movement, 1965-1975 -- Goodbye to Aztlán, 1975-1994 -- The Hispanic challenge, 1994-present.

Sommario/riassunto

Newly revised and updated, Mexicanos tells the rich and vibrant story of Mexicans in the United States. Emerging from the ruins of Aztec civilization and from centuries of Spanish contact with indigenous people, Mexican culture followed the Spanish colonial frontier northward and put its distinctive mark on what became the southwestern United States. Shaped by their Indian and Spanish ancestors, deeply influenced by Catholicism, and tempered by an often difficult existence, Mexicans continue to play an important role in U.S. society, even as the dominant Anglo culture strives to assimilate