Making the Latino South: A History of Racial Formation

by Cecilia Marquez

Book Overview

In the 1940s South, it seemed that non-Black Latino people were on the road to whiteness. In fact, in many places throughout the region governed by Jim Crow, they were able to attend white schools, live in white neighborhoods, and marry white southerners. However, by the early 2000s, Latino people in the South were routinely cast as "illegal aliens" and targeted by some of the harshest anti-immigrant legislation in the country. This book helps explain...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469676052
• ISBN13: 9781469676050
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"