Mexicans in the Making of America

Informationen zum Autor Neil Foley holds the Robert H. and Nancy Dedman Chair in History at Southern Methodist University. Klappentext A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year According to census projections, by 2050 nearly one in three U.S. residents will be Latino, and the overwhelming majority of these will be of Mexican descent. This dramatic demographic shift is reshaping politics, culture, and fundamental ideas about American identity. Neil Foley, a leading Mexican American historian, offers a sweeping view of the evolution of Mexican America, from a colonial outpost on Mexicös northern frontier to a twenty-first-century people integral to the nation they have helped build. ¿Compelling¿Readers of all political persuasions will find Foley¿s intensively researched, well-documented scholarly work an instructive, thoroughly accessible guide to the ramifications of immigration policy.¿ ¿ Publishers Weekly ¿For Americans long accustomed to understanding the country¿s development as an east-to-west phenomenon, Foley¿s singular service is to urge us to tilt the map south-to-north and to comprehend conditions as they have been for some time and will likely be for the foreseeable future¿A timely look at and appreciation of a fast-growing demographic destined to play an increasingly important role in our history.¿ ¿ Kirkus Reviews

Product details

• Authors: Neil Foley, Foley Neil
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9780674975354
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97535-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / General, History - U.S., SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, Hispanic & Latino Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General