ebooks Funding Extended Conflicts: Korea; Vietnam; and the War on Terror (Praeger Security International) by Richard M. Miller Jr. in History

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Winner; NACCS Book Award; National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies; 2013During 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.Drawing on unprecedented historical analysis of state archives; U.S. Congressional records; and other sources of overlooked data; Naturalizing Mexican Immigrants 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.The first historical study of its kind; Naturalizing Mexican Immigrants delivers a clear-eyed view of provocative issues.