North From Mexico: The Spanish-Speaking People Of The United States

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. * Provides readers with an in-depth understanding of the changing demographics of the Mexican immigrant population in the United States * Analyzes the major trends in U.S. immigration, including anti-immigrant policies, issues facing the unauthorized immigrant population, and the development of the immigrant rights movement * Examines the complex interrelationship between Mexican immigrants and later generations of U.S.-born Mexican Americans and the U.S. political system * Covers important recent topics such as anti-immigration movements, language debates like Prop 227 and other anti-immigrant legislation that address the education of Spanish speakers, cultural developments and art of Mexican Americans, and the changing economic outlook for Mexican immigrants * Offers the latest information on the complex interrelationship between Mexican immigrants and later generations of U.S.-born Mexican Americans

• | Author: Nancy McWilliams|Alma M. Garcia|G. Paul Meier
• | Publisher: Praeger
• | Publication Date: Apr 25, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 480 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Social Science
• | ISBN-10: 1440836825
• | ISBN-13: 9781440836824