Title Manifest destinies : the making of the Mexican American race / Laura E. Gómez.

Publication Info.	New York : New York University, [2007]
	©2007

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	E184.M5 G625 2007	Available	---

Description	xii, 243 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-234) and index.
Contents	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.
Subject	Mexican Americans -- Race identity.
	Mexican Americans -- Race identity.
	Mexican Americans.
	Mexican Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
	Mexican Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
	Mexican Americans -- Colonization -- History -- 19th century.
	Colonization.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Racism -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Racism.
	United States.
	United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
	Race relations.
	Mexican Americans -- New Mexico -- History -- 19th century.
	New Mexico.
	Racism -- New Mexico -- History -- 19th century.
	New Mexico -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
	Racism.
ISBN	9780814731741 cloth alkaline paper
	0814731740 cloth alkaline paper