Manifest destinies: the making of the Mexican American race [Second edition] 9781479882618, 1479882615, 9781479894284, 1479894281

"Manifest Destinies tells the story of the original Mexican Americans—the people living in northern Mexico in 1846

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Manifest destinies: the making of the Mexican American race [Second edition]
9781479882618, 1479882615, 9781479894284, 1479894281

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Laura E. Gómez

Table of contents :
Content: The U.S. colonization of northern Mexico and the creation of Mexican Americans --
Where Mexicans fit in the new American racial order --
How a fragile claim to whiteness shaped Mexican Americans' relations with Indians and African Americans --
Manifest destiny's legacy : race in America at the turn of the twentieth century.

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