Newly revised and updated, "Mexicanos" tells the rich and vibrant story of Mexicans in the United States. Emerging from the ruins of Aztec civilization and from centuries of Spanish contact with indigenous people, Mexican culture followed the Spanish colonial frontier northward and put its distinctive mark on what became the south-western United States. Shaped by their Indian and Spanish ancestors, deeply influenced by Catholicism, and tempered by an often difficult existence, Mexicans continue to play an important role in U.S. society, even as the dominant Anglo culture strives to assimilate them. Thorough and balanced, "Mexicanos" makes a valuable contribution to the understanding of the Mexican population of the United States - a growing minority who are a vital presence in 21st-century America.
- ISBN10 0253353688
- ISBN13 9780253353689
- Publish Date 1 August 2009 (first published 1 May 1999)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 October 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Indiana University Press
- Edition 2nd Revised edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 416
- Language English