{"product_id":"naturalizing-mexican-immigrants-martha-menchaca-9780292726444","title":"Naturalizing Mexican Immigrants: A Texas History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2013 -- NACCS Book Award - National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a majority of the Mexican immigrant population in the United States resided in Texas, making the state a flashpoint in debates over whether to deny naturalization rights. As Texas federal courts grappled with the issue, policies pertaining to Mexican immigrants came to reflect evolving political ideologies on both sides of the border. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Drawing on unprecedented historical analysis of state archives, U.S. Congressional records, and other sources of overlooked data, \u003ci\u003eNaturalizing Mexican Immigrants\u003c\/i\u003e provides a rich understanding of the realities and rhetoric that have led to present-day immigration controversies. Martha Menchaca's groundbreaking research examines such facets as U.S.-Mexico relations following the U.S. Civil War and the schisms created by Mexican abolitionists; the anti-immigration stance that marked many suffragist appeals; the effects of the Spanish American War; distinctions made for mestizo, Afromexicano, and Native American populations; the erosion of means for U.S. citizens to legalize their relatives; and the ways in which U.S. corporations have caused the political conditions that stimulated emigration from Mexico. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The first historical study of its kind, \u003ci\u003eNaturalizing Mexican Immigrants\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a clear-eyed view of provocative issues. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martha Menchaca\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292726449\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292726444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 6.11w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2012","brand":"Martha Menchaca","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075995889919,"sku":"9780292726444","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e17ff11b-7c3d-4009-904d-0917457c1115.jpg?v=1685462595","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/naturalizing-mexican-immigrants-martha-menchaca-9780292726444","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}