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G�omez, Laura E., 1964-

Manifest destinies the making of the Mexican American race / [electronic resource] : Laura E. G�omez. - New York : New York University, c2007. - xii, 243 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-234) and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2008.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.






Mexican Americans--Race identity.
Mexican Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.
Mexican Americans--Colonization--History--19th century.
Racism--History--United States--19th century.
Mexican Americans--History--New Mexico--19th century.
Racism--History--New Mexico--19th century.


United States--Race relations--History--19th century.
New Mexico--Race relations--History--19th century.


Electronic books.

E184.M5 / G625 2007eb

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