Mexican Consuls and Labor Organizing: Imperial Politics in the American Southwest

by Gilbert G. González

Book Overview

Chicano history, from the early decades of the twentieth century up to the present, cannot be explained without reference to the determined interventions of the Mexican government, asserts Gilbert G. Gonz lez. In this pathfinding study, he offers convincing evidence that Mexico aimed at nothing less than developing a loyal and politically dependent emigrant community among Mexican Americans, which would serve and replicate Mexico's political and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292728247
• ISBN13: 9780292728240
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 301 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"