Mongrels, bastards, orphans, and vagabonds :Mexican immigration and the future of race in America /Gregory Rodriguez.

Name/Title

Mongrels, bastards, orphans, and vagabonds :Mexican immigration and the future of race in America /Gregory Rodriguez.

Description

The birth of a people -- The rise and fall of the Spanish colonial racial system -- The Spaniards venture North -- Mexicans and the limits of slavery -- The Anglos move West -- Caught between North and South -- Becoming Mexican American -- The Chicano movement -- Mongrel America and the new assimilation. xvii, 317 p. ;21 cm.

Book Details

Author

Rodriguez, Gregory.

Place Published

City

New York

Date Published

2008

Publication Subjects

Mexican Americans--History. Mexican Americans--Ethnic identity. Chicano movement.

Call No.

E184 .M5 R587 2008

ISBN

9780375713200 (pbk.), 0375713204 (pbk.)

LCCN

2008279132

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-304) and index.