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Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"An award-winning author's deep exploration of pivotal moments in Texas history through multiple generations of her own family, and a ruthless reexamination of our national and personal myths Over seven generations, Jessica Goudeau's family members were church elders, preachers, Sunday school teachers and potluck organizers. Her great-grandfather helped establish a Christian university in Abilene, Texas, which she attended along with her grandparents,...
Author
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
"An unprecedented tour de force . . . [A] sweeping historical overview and interpretation of the racial formation and racial history of Mexican Americans." -Antonia I. Castañeda, Associate Professor of History, St. Mary's University
Winner, A Choice Outstanding Academic Book
The history of Mexican Americans is a history of the intermingling of races-Indian, White, and Black. This racial history underlies a legacy of racial discrimination against...
Author
Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Mexicans in the Making of America examines the impact of Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants on U.S. culture, politics, and economy since the 1848 U.S.-Mexican War, when the United States seized the northern half of Mexico--the present-day states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas (annexed in 1846), Nevada, Utah, and parts of Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma. From the moment the United States signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Description
"Ranging from the founding of New Mexico in 1598 to the 2008 Obama presidential campaign, Crucible of Struggle vividly outlines and explores the totality of the 500-year Mexican American experience that is woven into the greater context of American history. It maps out current debates in Mexican American history while also incorporating new scholarship from the last thirty years." --
Author
Publisher
Public Affairs
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
There may be no story today with a wider gap between fact and fiction than the relationship between the United States and Mexico. Wall or no wall, deeply intertwined social, economic, business, cultural, and personal relationships mean the US-Mexico border is more like a seam than a barrier, weaving together two economies and cultures. Mexico faces huge crime and corruption problems, but its remarkable transformation over the past two decades has...
Author
Series
Publisher
Debate
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
"Por que Donald Trump fue electo presidente de Estados Unidos? Su victoria electoral dice mucho sobre el pais mas poderoso del mundo y sus ciudadanos, pero tambien sobre nosotros como sociedad. Ahora, ante la xenofobia, la misoginia, el nacionalismo, el populismo y otros azotes caracteristicos de ese regimen, cuales son las mayores amenazas para la region? Con el mejor estilo de los panfletos y libelos politicos de los siglos xix y xx, Jorge Volpi...
Publisher
RR Cinema
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In this provocative documentary film, director Rodrigo Reyes reimagines the Mexico/U.S. border as a mythical place comparable to Dante's purgatory. Leaving politics aside, he takes a fresh look at the beauty of the border and the people caught in its spell. Shot during a 4-week roadtrip in a dilapidated can with a crew of only three people, Reyes had captured a stunning mosaic of compelling characters and broken landscapes that live on the US-Mexico...
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