Manifest Destinies, Second Edition The Making of the Mexican American Race【電子書籍】[ Laura E. G?mez ]

＜p＞＜em＞＜strong＞Manifest Destinies＜/strong＞＜/em＞ ＜strong＞is an essential resource for understanding the complex history of Mexican Americans and racial classification in the United States.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞This is the history of the original Mexican Americansーthe people living in northern Mexico in 1846 during the onset of the Mexican American War. The war abruptly came to an end two years later, and 115,000 Mexicans became American citizens overnight. Yet their status as full-fledged Americans was tenuous at best. Due to a variety of legal and political maneuvers, Mexican Americans were largely confined to a second class status. How did this categorization occur, and what are the implications for modern Mexican Americans?＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Manifest Destinies＜/em＞ fills a gap in American racial history by linking westward expansion to slavery and the Civil War. In so doing, law and sociology professor Laura E. G?mez demonstrates how white supremacy structured a racial hierarchy in which Mexican．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る