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Mongrels, bastards, orphans, and vagabonds : Mexican immigration and the future of race in America / Gregory Rodriguez.

Title: Mongrels, bastards, orphans, and vagabonds : Mexican immigration and the future of race in America / Gregory Rodriguez.
Author: Rodriguez, Gregory.
Publication: New York : Vintage Books, 2008, c2007.

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Description

xvii, 317 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

An unprecedented account of the long-term cultural and political influences that Mexican Americans will have on the collective character of our nation.

Subject

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-304) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

The birth of a people -- The rise and fall of the Spanish colonial racial system -- The Spaniards venture North -- Mexicans and the limits of slavery -- The Anglos move West -- Caught between North and South -- Becoming Mexican American -- The Chicano movement -- Mongrel America and the new assimilation.

ISBN

9780375713200 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2008279132

OCLC

212856278

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library