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Walls and Mirrors: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the Politics of Ethnicity

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Availability:In StockContributor:David G. GutiérrezPublish date:1995-03-27Pages:321
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520202191ISBN-10:520202198UPC:9780520202191Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Minority Studies, Emigration & Immigration, Cultural & Ethnic StudiesSize:9.20 x 6.22 x 0.94 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCR8QCAQC0
Covering more than one hundred years of American history, Walls and Mirrors examines the ways that continuous immigration from Mexico transformed--and continues to shape--the political, social, and cultural life of the American Southwest. Taking a fresh approach to one of the most divisive political issues of our time, David Guti?rrez explores the ways that nearly a century of steady immigration from Mexico has shaped ethnic politics in California and Texas, the two largest U.S. border states.

Drawing on an extensive body of primary and secondary sources, Guti?rrez focuses on the complex ways that their pattern of immigration influenced Mexican Americans' sense of social and cultural identity--and, as a consequence, their politics. He challenges the most cherished American myths about U.S. immigration policy, pointing out that, contrary to rhetoric about "alien invasions," U.S. government and regional business interests have actively recruited Mexican and other foreign workers for over a century, thus helping to establish and perpetuate the flow of immigrants into the United States. In addition, Guti?rrez offers a new interpretation of the debate over assimilation and multiculturalism in American society. Rejecting the notion of the melting pot, he explores the ways that ethnic Mexicans have resisted assimilation and fought to create a cultural space for themselves in distinctive ethnic communities throughout the southwestern United States.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520202191ISBN-10:520202198UPC:9780520202191Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Minority Studies, Emigration & Immigration, Cultural & Ethnic StudiesSize:9.20 x 6.22 x 0.94 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCR8QCAQC0
David G. Guti?rrez is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego.
Publisher: University of California Press

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