Rodriguez, Gregory.

Mongrels, bastards, orphans, and vagabonds : Mexican immigration and the future of race in America / Gregory Rodriguez. - 1st ed. - New York : Pantheon Books, c2007. - xvii, 317 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-304) and index.

The birth of a people -- The rise and fall of the Spanish colonial racial system -- The Spaniards venture North -- Mexicans and the limits of slavery -- The Anglos move West -- Caught between North and South -- Becoming Mexican American -- The Chicano movement -- Mongrel America and the new assimilation.

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Mexican Americans--History.
Mexican Americans--Ethnic identity.
Chicano movement.


Mexico--Emigration and immigration--History.
United States--Emigration and immigration--History.

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