Crucible of struggle : a history of Mexican Americans from colonial times to the present era

The second edition of Crucible of Struggle: A History of Mexican Americans from the Colonial Period to the Present Era includes a new final chapter that examines such issues as increased anti-immigrant activity after 2006, the crucial role of Latinos in the election of Barack Obama, increased border enforcement and deportation in the wake of the U.S. Senate's failure to pass amnesty legislation, Latinos and private detention centers, the role of individual states in immigration reform, the surge of unaccompanied children from Central America, and more. Latinos in the U.S. are a major political, economic, and cultural force that is changing the national identity of this country. In fact, statistics show that by the year 2100, half of the U.S. population may be Latino. And two out of three of America's Latinos are Mexican. Mexicans are theoldest settlers of the United States and the nation's largest group of recent immigrant arrivals. Their population is increasing faster than that of all other Latino groups combined. The growing importance of this minority group - which will be felt strongly in twenty-first-century America - callsfor a fresh assessment of Mexican American history.The second edition of Crucible of Struggle: A History of Mexican Americans from the Colonial Period to the Present Era includes a new final Chapter 12: Latinos and the Challenges of the 21st Century. This chapter examines such issues as increased anti-immigrant activity after 2006, the crucial roleof Latinos in the election of Barack Obama, increased border enforcement and deportation in the wake of the U.S. Senate's failure to pass amnesty legislation, Latinos and private detention centers, the role of individual states in immigration reform, the surge of unaccompanied children from CentralAmerica, and more--Provided by publisher Table of Contents......Page 8 Ch 1: The Era of the Spanish Northern Frontier to 1821......Page 24 Ch 2: Life and Society in Mexico's Northern Borderlands, 1821-1846......Page 62 Ch 3: Mexican Americans in the Era of War and American Westward Expansion......Page 103 Ch 4: Mexican Americans from the 1850s to the End of the Civil War......Page 136 Ch 5: Mexican Americans in the Southwest, 1870 to the Early Twentieth Century......Page 167 Ch 6: Mexican Immigration, Work, Urbanization, and Americanization, 1910-1929......Page 200 Ch 7: The Mexican American Struggle for Labor Rights in the Era of the Great Depression......Page 235 Ch 8: The Mexican American People in the World War II Era......Page 264 Ch 9: Mexican Americans in the Postwar Years, 1946-1963......Page 293 Ch 10: Mexican Americans in the Protest Era, 1964-1974......Page 327 Ch 11: Mexican Americans at the End of the Twentieth Century......Page 365 Ch 12: Latinos and the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century......Page 398 Index......Page 438 Ranging From The Founding Of New Mexico In 1598 To The 2008 Obama Presidential Campaign, Crucible Of Struggle Vividly Outlines And Explores The Totality Of The 500-year Mexican American Experience That Is Woven Into The Greater Context Of American History. It Maps Out Current Debates In Mexican American History While Also Incorporating New Scholarship From The Last Thirty Years.--provided By Publisher. Zaragosa Vargas. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.