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Debating American Identity : Southwestern Statehood and Mexican Immigration

"Debating American Identity is an innovative look at four national debates over the inclusion of the Mexican-origin population in the United States in the early twentieth century. Linda C. Noel explores different conceptions of American identity through disputes over Arizona and New Mexico stat...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Noel, Linda C., 1966- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: University of Arizona Press, 2014.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Note on terminology
  • Part I. The late territorial years, 1898-1912
  • The closed door : exclusion reigns
  • The door swings inward : pluralism and marginalization
  • Part II. Transformations : the First World War era, 1917-1922
  • Changing strategies for a new world
  • Marginalization evolves : image of a temporary worker
  • Part III. Immigration restriction debates, 1926-1930
  • Closing the door?
  • Promotion of the temporary worker
  • Part IV. Repatriation, 1930-1935
  • "To keep America American" : the door swings outward.