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Book SynopsisExamines Mexican immigration - from 1924 when immigration acts drastically reduced immigration to the US to 1965 when many quotas were abolished - to understand how broad themes of race and citizenship are constructed.
Trade Review"Highly recommended." CHOICE "Natalia Molina's examination of racial construction of Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans is notable and thorough ... Terms are well defined, arguments are soundly presented, and commonly known historical events are explained." -- Patrick Lukens American Historical Review "Molina has written a formidable and accessible monograph that unravels the process of race-making to show that the question of belonging requires a relational approach... Invaluable." -- Chantel Rodriguez Western Historical Quarterly
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction Part I. Immigration Regimes I: Mapping Race and Citizenship Chapter One: Placing Mexican Immigration within the Larger Landscape of Race Relations in the U.S. Chapter Two: "What is a White Man?": The Quest to Make Mexicans Ineligible for U.S. Citizenship Chapter Three: Birthright Citizenship Beyond Black and White Part II. Immigration Regimes II: Making Mexicans Deportable Chapter Four: Mexicans Suspended in a State of Deportability: Medical Racialization and Immigration Policy in the 1940s Chapter Five: Deportations in the Urban Landscape Epilogue: Making Race in the Twenty-First Century Notes Bibliography
