05362nam 22012373u 450 991013946920332120230207231143.01-59403-867-81-282-48773-697866124877361-59403-285-8(CKB)2550000000006111(EBL)478610(OCoLC)609854132(SSID)ssj0000363153(PQKBManifestationID)12102699(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000363153(PQKBWorkID)10380889(PQKB)10407020(MiAaPQ)EBC478610(Au-PeEL)EBL478610(CaONFJC)MIL248773(EXLCZ)99255000000000611120130418d2007|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrMexifornia A State of BecomingNew York Encounter Books20071 online resource (178 p.)Encounter BroadsidesDescription based upon print version of record.1-59403-217-3 Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface; Introduction; ONE What Is So Different about Mexican Immigration?; TWO The Universe of the Illegal Alien; THREE The Mind of the Host; FOUR The Old Simplicity That Worked; FIVE The New Gods That Failed; SIX A Remedy in Popular Culture?; EPILOGUE Forks in the RoadMassive illegal immigration from Mexico into California, Victor Davis Hanson writes, ""coupled with a loss of confidence in the old melting pot model of transforming newcomers into Americans, is changing the very nature of state. Yet we Californians have been inadequate in meeting this challenge, both failing to control our borders with Mexico and to integrate the new alien population into our mainstream."" Part history, part political analysis, and part memoir, ""Mexifornia"" is an intensely personal work by one of our most important writers. Hanson is perhaps known best for hisEncounter BroadsidesMEXIFORNIA California - Emigration and immigrationCalifornia -- Emigration and immigrationCalifornia - Ethnic relationsCalifornia -- Ethnic relationsCalifornia - Social conditionsCalifornia -- Social conditionsHanson, Victor DavisHanson, Victor Davis. Selma (Calif.) -- BiographyImmigrants - Government policy - CaliforniaImmigrants -- Government policy -- CaliforniaMexican Americans - California - Social conditionsMexican Americans -- California -- Social conditionsMexican Americans - Government policy - CaliforniaMexican Americans -- Government policy -- CaliforniaMexico - Emigration and immigrationMexico -- Emigration and immigrationPopular culture - CaliforniaPopular culture -- CaliforniaSelma (Calif.)Mexican AmericansSocial conditionsCaliforniaMexican AmericansGovernment policyCaliforniaImmigrantsGovernment policyCaliforniaPopular cultureCaliforniaRegions & Countries - AmericasHILCCUnited States Local HistoryHILCCHistory & ArchaeologyHILCCCaliforniaEmigration and immigrationMexicoEmigration and immigrationCaliforniaEthnic relationsCaliforniaSocial conditionsSelma (Calif.)BiographyCalifornia - Emigration and immigration.California -- Emigration and immigration.California - Ethnic relations.California -- Ethnic relations.California - Social conditions.California -- Social conditions.Hanson, Victor Davis.Hanson, Victor Davis. Selma (Calif.) -- Biography.Immigrants - Government policy - California.Immigrants -- Government policy -- California.Mexican Americans - California - Social conditions.Mexican Americans -- California -- Social conditions.Mexican Americans - Government policy - California.Mexican Americans -- Government policy -- California.Mexico - Emigration and immigration.Mexico -- Emigration and immigration.Popular culture - California.Popular culture -- California.Selma (Calif.).Mexican AmericansSocial conditionsMexican AmericansGovernment policyImmigrantsGovernment policyPopular cultureRegions & Countries - AmericasUnited States Local HistoryHistory & Archaeology305.868305.86872Hanson Victor Davis153092AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910139469203321Mexifornia2788723UNINA