Manifest Destinies: The Making of the Mexican American Race

by Laura E. Gómez

Book Overview

An essential resource for understanding the complex history of Mexican Americans and racial classification in the United States

Manifest Destinies tells the story of the original Mexican Americans--the people living in northern Mexico in 1846 during the onset of the Mexican American War. The war abruptly came to an end two years later, and 115,000 Mexicans became American citizens overnight. Yet their status as full-fledged Americans...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479894281
• ISBN13: 9781479894284
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"