Ebook: North from Mexico: The Spanish-Speaking People of the United States, 3rd Edition
Author: McWilliams Carey, Meier Matt S, García Alma
- Tags: Mexican Americans -- History., Mexicans -- United States -- History., Immigrants -- United States -- History., Southwest New -- History., United States -- Ethnic relations -- History., United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History., Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- History., SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies., Emigration and immigration., Ethnic relations., Immigrants., Mexican Americans., Mexicans., Mexico., Southwest New., United States., Chicanos
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: ABC CLIO
- City: Array, Array, Array
- Edition: Third edition
- Language: English
- epub
This single-volume book provides students, educators, and politicians with an update to the classic Carey McWilliams work North From Mexico. It provides up-to-date information on the Chicano experience and the emergent social dynamics in the United States as a result of Mexican immigration.
• Provides readers with an in-depth understanding of the changing demographics of the Mexican immigrant population in the United States
• Analyzes the major trends in U.S. immigration, including anti-immigrant policies, issues facing the unauthorized immigrant population, and the development of the immigrant rights movement
• Examines the complex interrelationship between Mexican immigrants and later generations of U.S.-born Mexican Americans and the U.S. political system
• Covers important recent topics such as anti-immigration movements, language debates like Prop 227 and other anti-immigrant legislation that address the education of Spanish speakers, cultural developments and art of Mexican Americans, and the changing economic outlook for Mexican immigrants
• Offers the latest information on the complex interrelationship between Mexican immigrants and later generations of U.S.-born Mexican Americans