North from Mexico: The Spanish-Speaking People of the United States / Edition 3

by Carey McWilliams, Matt S. Meier, Alma M. García

Overview

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.

Carey McWilliam's North From Mexico, first published in 1948, is a classic survey of Chicano history. Now fully updated by Alma M. García to cover the period from 1990 to the present, McWilliams's quintessential book explores all aspects of Chicano/a experiences in the United States, including employment, family, immigration policy, language issues, and other cultural, political, and social issues. The volume builds on the landmark work and also provides relevant up-to-date content to the 1990 edition revised by Matt S. Meier, which added coverage of the key period in Chicano history from the postwar period through to the late 1980s.

As the largest group of immigrants in the United States, representing more than a quarter of foreign-born individuals in the United States, Mexican immigrants have had and will continue to have a tremendous impact on the culture and society of the United States as a whole. This freshly updated edition of North from Mexico addresses the changing demographic trends within Mexican immigrant communities and their implications for the country; analyzes key immigration policies such as the Immigration Act of 1990 and California's Proposition 187, with specific emphasis on the political mobilization that has developed within Mexican American immigrant communities; and describes the development of immigration reform as well as community organizations and electoral politics.

The book contains new chapters that examine recent trends in Mexican immigration to the United States and identify the impact on politics and society of Mexican immigrants and later generations of U.S.-born Mexican Americans. The appendices provide readers and researchers with current immigration figures and information regarding today's socieconomic conditions for Mexican Americans.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440849855
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/25/2016
Series:	Non-Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	480
Sales rank:	706,885
Product dimensions:	6.15(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Carey McWilliams was editor of The Nation, 1951–1975, and author of Ambrose Bierce: A Biography; Factories in the Field: The Story of Migratory Labor in California; Ill Fares the Land: Migrants and Migratory Labor in the United States; Brothers Under the Skin: African-Americans and Other Minorities; and Prejudice: Japanese-Americans—Symbol of Racial Intolerance.

Matt S. Meier was professor emeritus of history at the University of Santa Clara. His published work includes A Bibliography for Chicano History as well as the Greenwood titles Dictionary of Mexican American History; Bibliography of Mexican American History; and Notable Latino Americans.

Alma M. García, PhD, is professor of sociology and director of the Latin American Studies program at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA. She is the author of Narratives of Second Generation Mexican American Women: Emergent Identities of the Second Generation.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Mario T. García
Introduction to the Third Edition by Alma M. García
Introduction
1 In Spanish Saddlebags
1. The Spanish Prologue—2. Footnote to the Prologue—3. The Play-in-Prose—4. The Climate of Spain
2 The Fantasy Heritage
1. The Man on the White Horse—2. The Birth of a Legend—3. De Anza Doesn't Live Here Any More
3 The Fan of Settlement
1. "Sunshine, Silence, and Adobe"—2. The Forgotten Link—3. Lands of the Spanish-Speaking—4. Mexico Is Not Europe—5. The Border of the Borderlands
4 Heart of the Borderlands
1. A Lost World—2. The People—3. The Flowering of New Mexico—4. After the Conquest
5 The Broken Border
1. Pimeria Alta—2. The Tejanos—3. The Californios—4. Lost Provinces
6 "Not Counting Mexicans"
1. Los Diablos Tejanos—2. Alas! The Alamo—3. The Mexican-American War—4. Slaves and Peons—5. "Red Robber of the Rio Grande"—6. "The Dead-Line of Sheriffs"—7. The Salt War—8. Open Season on Mexicans
7 Gringos and Greasers
1. The Bloodless Conquest—2. The Ghost of Father Martínez—3. Disturbance in Socorro—4. The Don System—5. The Buffer State—6. The Lynching of Juanita—7. Birth of a Stereotype
8 The Heritage of the Southwest
1. Mr. Marshall's Chispa—2. Comstock's Mistake—3. The Vermilion Cave—4. Anglo-Saxon Law and Order—5. Apaches and Copper—6. Homage to the Churro—7. Los Pastores—8. From Gregorio de Villalobos—9. "Ten Gallon Hats"—10. Cortez Had a Brand—11. A Drop of Water
9 The Borderlands Are Invaded
1. Spanish Trails, American Rails—2. Life in a Boxcar—3. Cotton in Texas—4. Cotton Moves West—5. Vitamins and Mexicans—6. Coyotes and Man-Snatchers—7. Los Betabeleros—8. In Midwest Industries—9. The Balance Sheet
10 The Second Defeat
1. The Myth of Docility—2. The Honeymoon Is Over—3. The Gallup Incident—4. In the Copper Mines—5. La Niña de Cabora—6. The Forty Blonde Babies—7. The Battle of Cananea—8. "The Wearers of the Red"
11 "The Mexican Problem"
1. The Structure of the Problem—2. The Buffer Group—3. The Conflict in Cultures—4. The Pattern of Employment—5. The Colonia Complex—6. The Northern Settlements—7. Que Maravilla!
12 The Pattern of Violence
1. The Case of Sleepy Lagoon—2. Captain Ayres: Anthropologist—3. Plotting a Riot—4. The Origin of Pachuquismo
13 Blood on the Pavements
1. The Taxicab Brigade—2. Operation "Dixie"—3. When the Devil Is Sick .?.?.—4. The Strange Case of the Silk Panties—5. The Politics of Prejudice
14 The War Years
1. Joe Martinez and Company—2. A Tear for José Davilla—3. Across the Border—4. Los Braceros—5. The Counterpoint of Migration—6. Good Neighbors and Band Music
15 After a Hundred Years
1. A Beginning Is Made—2. Grassroots Democracy—3. The Westminster Case—4. "Utilizable Cultural Residues"—5. From De Anza to Juan López
16 "One and Together"
1. By Any Other Name—2. Words That Fit—3. Neighbors in Isolation—4. Who Is Being Stubborn?—5. The Indelible Imprint—6. "The Sun Has Exploded"
17 Chicano Leadership and Organization
by Matt S. Meier
1. Effects of World War II—2. Demographic Changes—3. Organizational Development—4. Community Service Organization—5. American G.I. Forum—6. California MAPA—7. A National Organization?—8. Leadership in the Protest Movement—9. Man of the Migrants: César Chávez—10. Champion and Crusader: Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales—11. King Tiger: Reies López Tijerina—12. A Student Leader: José Angel Gutiérrez—13. Summary
18 Politics, Education, and Culture
by Matt S. Meier
1. Chicano Powerlessness—2. Government Response—3. The Chicano Student Movement—4. Student Movement Results—5. Other Chicano Organizations—6. National Organizations—7. Chicanas—8. Chicana Liberation—9. Chicana Organizations—10. Chicanas in Business and Government—11. Chicano Culture: Alive and Well—12. Literature—13. Jourbanals and Magazines—14. Chicano Music and Art—15. Spanish Language Use—16. Bilingualism—17. The Movimiento: Radical or Reformist?—18. The Movimiento: Success or Failure?—19. Undocumented Immigrants
19 North from Mexico
by Matt S. Meier
1. North from Mexico: Three Waves—2. Undocumented Entrance—3. Interim Bracero Hiring—4. The El Paso and Tivoli Incidents—5. The Second Bracero Program—6. Operation "Wetback"—7. U.S. Immigration Policy—8. The Quota System—9. Refugee Legislation—10. Hart-Cellars Act—11. Permanent Visa Mexican Immigration—12. Green Carders—13. Commuters—14. Undocumenteds—15. Simpson-Mazzoli: Simpson-Rodino—16. Results of the Simpson-Rodino Law
20 A Demographic Profile of the Mexican-Born Population in the United States
by Alma M. García
1. The Nexus of Education, Occupation, and Poverty—2. New Destination States: Emergent Mexican Immigrant Communities—3. Finding Religious Space in the New South—4. Unauthorized Immigrants Living in the United States—5. Looking Toward the Future
21 Still Coming North from Mexico: Immigration Constraints and Contestations
by Alma M. García
1. Maquiladoras: A Plan for Economic Development—2. Demonization of Mexican Immigrants: The Context for the Immigration Act of 1990—3. The Immigration Act of 1990—4. California's Proposition 187 of 1994—5. Unauthorized Immigration: Persistent Struggles—6. Immigrants, Dual Nationality, and Voting in Mexican Elections—7. The Immigrant Spring of 2006: Mass Demonstrations—8. Gendered Jourbaneys: Mexican Immigrant Women and Transnationalism—9. The Border: Mexican Women Confront Violence
22 Mexican Immigrants in a Changing Society
by Alma M. García
1. Children of Mexican Immigrants: The Second Generation—2. Undocumented Students: Court Cases and Legislation—3. The DREAMers: Struggles and Mass Mobilization—4. The 2008 Presidential Race and Latinos—5. Arizona's Senate Bill 1070: Criminalization of Immigrants—6. Latinos, the 2012 Presidential Race, and Beyond—7. Immigration and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Its Impact on the 2012 Presidential Election—8. Latinos, the Issues, and the 2012 Presidential Race—9. Assessing DACA—10. Obama's Executive Order—11. Social Changes and the Future of Mexican Immigrants and Their U.S.-born Children
Epilogue by Alma M. García
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments to the New Edition by Alma M. Garcia
Notes on Sources
Additional Notes on Sources
by Matt S. Meier
Chapter Notes
Index

Editorial Reviews

Three new chapters provide essential information for understanding the national debate on a very complex topic: immigration. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries.” —Choice

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