Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-234) and index
The U.S. colonization of northern Mexico and the creation of Mexican Americans -- Where Mexicans fit in the new American racial order -- How a fragile claim to whiteness shaped Mexican Americans' relations with Indians and African Americans -- Manifest destiny's legacy : race in America at the turn of the twentieth century
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Mexican Americans-- Colonization-- History-- 19th century
Mexican Americans-- Legal status, laws, etc
Mexican Americans-- New Mexico-- History-- 19th century
Mexican Americans-- Race identity
Racism-- New Mexico-- History-- 19th century
Racism-- United States-- History-- 19th century
New Mexico, Race relations, History, 19th century
United States, Race relations, History, 19th century