Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. LEGACIES OF CONQUEST
2. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IMMIGRATION, 1890-1920
3. THE SHIFTING POLITICS OF ETHNICITY IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD
4. THE CONTRADICTIONS OF ETHNIC POLITICS, 1940-1950
5. ETHNIC POLITICS, IMMIGRATION POLICY, AND THE COLD WAR
6. SIN FRONTERAS? THE CONTEMPORARY DEBATE

Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

David G. Gutierrez is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego.

Reviews

"A highly readable book based on sound research and full of questions about, and insights into, the nuances of ethnicity in American politics and society."--"SAGE Race Relations Abstracts