| A Century of Chicano History: Empire, Nations and Migration Contributor(s): Fernandez, Raul E. (Author), Gonzalez, Gilbert G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415943922 ISBN-13: 9780415943925 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2003 Annotation: In the best traditions of U.S. critical scholarship from Beard to Genovese and beyond, this book offers a definitive account of the interdependent histories of the U.S. and Mexico as well as the making of the Chicano population in America while providing a history of 20th Century Mexico and its cultural interactions with the US. By employing a neo-Marxist approach, the authors skillfully link history to contemporary issues, emphasizing the overlooked significance of late 19th and 20th century U.S. economic expansionism to European in the formation of the Mexican community. By doing so, the reader offers a timely and significant revision of the of the origins of the increasing Mexican-American population of the United States, illuminating the deep connection between US domination over Mexico-demanding attention to the past, present, and future course of Chicano history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - Mexico - History | United States - General - History | Americas (north Central South West Indies) |
| Dewey: 973.046 |
| LCCN: 2002037050 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.32" W x 9.26" (1.08 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Cultural Region - Mexican |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study argues for a radically new interpretation of the origins and evolution of the ethnic Mexican community across the US. This book offers a definitive account of the interdependent histories of the US and Mexico as well as the making of the Chicano population in America. The authors link history to contemporary issues, emphasizing the overlooked significance of late 19th and 20th century US economic expansionism to Europe in the formation of the Mexican community. |