Mexicanos: A History of Mexicans in the United States

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Indiana University Press, 1999 - 322 páginas
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 them. Thorough and balanced, this book makes a valuable contribution to the understanding of the Mexican population of the United States, a growing minority who will be a vital presence in 21st-century America.
 

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Spaniards and Native Americans Prehistory1521
9
The Spanish Frontier 15211821
28
The Mexican Far North 18211848
58
The American Southwest 18481900
82
The Great Migration 19001930
113
The Depression 19301940
139
The Second World War and Its Aftermath 19401965
161
The Chicano Movement 19651975
191
Pain and Promise 19751998
223
Notes
263
Bibliography
281
Index
315
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