"An unprecedented tour de force . . . [A] sweeping historical overview and interpretation of the racial formation and racial history of Mexican Americans." -Antonia I. Castañeda, Associate Professor of History, St. Mary's University Winner, A Choice Outstanding Academic Book The history of Mexican Americans is a history of the intermingling of races-Indian, White, and Black. This racial history underlies a legacy of racial discrimination against...

The goal of this book is to examine the ethnic experience of the Mexican American community in the United States, from colonialism to twenty-first century globalization. The authors unearth evidence that reveals how historically white ideology, combined with science, law, and the American imagination, has been strategically used as a mechanism to intimidate, manipulate, oppress, control, dominate, and silence Mexican Americans, ethnic racial minorities,...

"This single-volume book provides students, educators, and politicians with an update to the classic Carey McWilliams work North From Mexico. It provides up-to-date information on the Chicano experience and the emergent social dynamics in the United States as a result of Mexican immigration. Provides readers with an in-depth understanding of the changing demographics of the Mexican immigrant population in the United States. Analyzes the major trends...

Even the most well-meaning government controls can be more damaging than any disease. When Los Angeles and the State of California reacted to an outbreak of bubonic plague in a Hispanic neighborhood in 1924 government officials acted ruthlessly--on only partial information--to contain the outbreak and keep news of it quiet. As a result, many people died, a vibrant neighborhood was wiped out -- the whole experience now a lost episode in American history....