Redeeming La Raza - Transborder Modernity, Race, Respectability, and Rights

The economic modernization of the American Southwest and Mexico transformed the lives of ethnic Mexicans, subjecting them to economic exploitation and racism. Redeeming La Raza analyzes how political activists, using multiple strategies, challenged white supremacy, seeking to instill in ethnic Mexicans a sense of ethnic pride and unity.

About the author

Gabriela González is an associate professor of history at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Summary

The economic modernization of the American Southwest and Mexico transformed the lives of ethnic Mexicans, subjecting them to economic exploitation and racism. Redeeming La Raza analyzes how political activists, using multiple strategies, challenged white supremacy, seeking to instill in ethnic Mexicans a sense of ethnic pride and unity.

Additional text

Gabriela González's erudite, deeply-researched, and far-reaching study of Mexicans in Texas should be read by students, scholars, activists, and others who care about the U.S.-Mexico border region, women's history, and civil rights. Capturing untold stories of women's leadership, international relations, and racial discrimination, Redeeming La Raza rewrites important chapters in twentieth-century American history.

Product details

• Authors: Gabriela Gonzaalez, Gabriela Gonzalez, Gabriela (Associate Professor of History Gonzalez, Gabriela González
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9780199914142
• ISBN: 978-0-19-991414-2
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Süd- und Zentralamerika (inklusive Mexiko), Lateinamerika, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), 20th Century, EDUCATION / History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, USA Süden, South Atlantic States, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV), History - General History, HISTORY / Women, HISTORY / Latin America / General, Social groups, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Archaeology, Migration, immigration & emigration, History of Education, Migration, immigration and emigration, History of the Americas, History and Archaeology, Social groups, communities and identities