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Author Menchaca, Martha

Title Naturalizing Mexican immigrants : a Texas history / by Martha Menchaca
Edition 1st ed
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 372 pages) : illustrations
Contents From the making of the U.S./Mexico border to the U.S. Civil War -- The politics of naturalization policy in Texas : the case of Mexican immigrants -- Ricardo Rodriguez and the People's Party in the 1890s -- From the Spanish-American War to the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution -- Mexican women and naturalization : the era of the woman suffrage movement -- Then and now : the path toward citizenship -- Appendix 1: Texas naturalization records and archives, pre-1906 -- Appendix 2: Persons naturalized in Texas and by Mexican origin, 1907-2009
Summary A timely exploration of the political and cultural impact of U.S. naturalization laws on Mexicans in Texas, from early statehood years to contemporary controversies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-366) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Mexican Americans -- Government policy -- Texas -- History
Mexican Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Texas -- History
Immigrants -- Texas -- History
Naturalization -- Texas -- History
Citizenship -- Texas -- History
Naturalization records -- Texas
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
Citizenship
Emigration and immigration
Ethnic relations
Immigrants
Mexican Americans -- Government policy
Mexican Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Naturalization
Naturalization records
Politics and government
SUBJECT United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History
Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- History
Texas -- Ethnic relations
Texas -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85134274
Subject Mexico
Texas
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010049957
ISBN 9780292729988
0292729987