This single-volume book provides students, educators, and politicians with an update to the classic Carey McWilliams work North From Mexico. It provides up-to-date information on the Chicano experience and the emergent social dynamics in the United States as a result of Mexican immigration.
Carey McWilliams was editor of The Nation, 1951–1975, and
author of Ambrose Bierce: A Biography; Factories in the Field: The
Story of Migratory Labor in California; Ill Fares the Land:
Migrants and Migratory Labor in the United States; Brothers Under
the Skin: African-Americans and Other Minorities; and Prejudice:
Japanese-Americans—Symbol of Racial Intolerance.
Matt S. Meier was professor emeritus of history at the
University of Santa Clara. His published work includes A
Bibliography for Chicano History as well as the Greenwood titles
Dictionary of Mexican American History; Bibliography of Mexican
American History; and Notable Latino Americans.
Alma M. García, PhD, is professor of sociology and director
of the Latin American Studies program at Santa Clara University,
Santa Clara, CA. She is the author of Narratives of Second
Generation Mexican American Women: Emergent Identities of the
Second Generation.
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