LEADER 04327nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910781225103321 005 20230725052013.0 010 $a0-292-72998-7 024 7 $a10.7560/725577 035 $a(CKB)2550000000036718 035 $a(OCoLC)741749424 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10477340 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000524384 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11340888 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524384 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10546864 035 $a(PQKB)11713745 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443538 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse4714 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443538 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10477340 035 $a(OCoLC)932314120 035 $a(DE-B1597)587256 035 $a(OCoLC)1286807855 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292729988 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000036718 100 $a20101206d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNaturalizing Mexican immigrants$b[electronic resource] $ea Texas history /$fby Martha Menchaca 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (385 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-292-72557-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFrom the making of the U.S./Mexico border to the U.S. Civil War -- The politics of naturalization policy in Texas : the case of Mexican immigrants -- Ricardo Rodriguez and the People's Party in the 1890s -- From the Spanish-American War to the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution -- Mexican women and naturalization : the era of the woman suffrage movement -- Then and now : the path toward citizenship -- Appendix 1: Texas naturalization records and archives, pre-1906 -- Appendix 2: Persons naturalized in Texas and by Mexican origin, 1907/2009. 330 $aDuring the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a majority of the Mexican immigrant population in the United States resided in Texas, making the state a flashpoint in debates over whether to deny naturalization rights. As Texas federal courts grappled with the issue, policies pertaining to Mexican immigrants came to reflect evolving political ideologies on both sides of the border. Drawing on unprecedented historical analysis of state archives, U.S. Congressional records, and other sources of overlooked data, Naturalizing Mexican Immigrants provides a rich understanding of the realities and rhetoric that have led to present-day immigration controversies. Martha Menchaca's groundbreaking research examines such facets as U.S.-Mexico relations following the U.S. Civil War and the schisms created by Mexican abolitionists; the anti-immigration stance that marked many suffragist appeals; the effects of the Spanish American War; distinctions made for mestizo, Afromexicano, and Native American populations; the erosion of means for U.S. citizens to legalize their relatives; and the ways in which U.S. corporations have caused the political conditions that stimulated emigration from Mexico. The first historical study of its kind, Naturalizing Mexican Immigrants delivers a clear-eyed view of provocative issues. 606 $aMexican Americans$xGovernment policy$zTexas$xHistory 606 $aMexican Americans$xLegal status, laws, etc$zTexas$xHistory 606 $aImmigrants$zTexas$xHistory 606 $aNaturalization$zTexas$xHistory 606 $aCitizenship$zTexas$xHistory 606 $aNaturalization records$zTexas 607 $aUnited States$xEmigration and immigration$xHistory 607 $aMexico$xEmigration and immigration$xHistory 607 $aTexas$xEthnic relations 607 $aTexas$xPolitics and government 615 0$aMexican Americans$xGovernment policy$xHistory. 615 0$aMexican Americans$xLegal status, laws, etc.$xHistory. 615 0$aImmigrants$xHistory. 615 0$aNaturalization$xHistory. 615 0$aCitizenship$xHistory. 615 0$aNaturalization records 676 $a323.6/2 700 $aMenchaca$b Martha$01491721 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781225103321 996 $aNaturalizing Mexican immigrants$93749068 997 $aUNINA