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How Race Is Made in America: Immigration, Citizenship, and the Historical Power of Racial Scripts
Natalia Molina
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Description for How Race Is Made in America: Immigration, Citizenship, and the Historical Power of Racial Scripts
Paperback. Examines Mexican immigration - from 1924 when immigration acts drastically reduced immigration to the US to 1965 when many quotas were abolished - to understand how broad themes of race and citizenship are constructed. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
How Race Is Made in America examines Mexican Americans--from 1924, when American law drastically reduced immigration into the United States, to 1965, when many quotas were abolished--to understand how broad themes of race and citizenship are constructed. These years shaped the emergence of what Natalia Molina describes as an immigration regime, which defined the racial categories that continue to influence perceptions in the United States about Mexican Americans, race, and ethnicity. Molina demonstrates that despite the multiplicity of influences that help shape our concept of race, common themes prevail. Examining legal, political, social, and cultural sources related to immigration, she ... Read more
How Race Is Made in America examines Mexican Americans--from 1924, when American law drastically reduced immigration into the United States, to 1965, when many quotas were abolished--to understand how broad themes of race and citizenship are constructed. These years shaped the emergence of what Natalia Molina describes as an immigration regime, which defined the racial categories that continue to influence perceptions in the United States about Mexican Americans, race, and ethnicity. Molina demonstrates that despite the multiplicity of influences that help shape our concept of race, common themes prevail. Examining legal, political, social, and cultural sources related to immigration, she ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
213
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
American Crossroads
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520280083
SKU
V9780520280083
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About Natalia Molina
Natalia Molina is Associate Dean for Faculty Equity, Division of Arts and Humanities and Associate Professor of History and Urban Studies at the University of California, San Diego and author of Fit to Be Citizens?: Public Health and Race in Los Angeles, 1879-1940 (UC Press, 2006)
Reviews for How Race Is Made in America: Immigration, Citizenship, and the Historical Power of Racial Scripts
"Highly recommended." CHOICE "Natalia Molina's examination of racial construction of Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans is notable and thorough ... Terms are well defined, arguments are soundly presented, and commonly known historical events are explained."
Patrick Lukens American Historical Review "Molina has written a formidable and accessible monograph that unravels the process of race-making to show that the question ... Read more
Patrick Lukens American Historical Review "Molina has written a formidable and accessible monograph that unravels the process of race-making to show that the question ... Read more