Culture of Empire: American Writers, Mexico, and Mexican Immigrants, 1880-1930

by Gilbert G. González

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A history of the Chicano community cannot be complete without taking into account the United States' domination of the Mexican economy beginning in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, writes Gilbert G. Gonz lez. For that economic conquest inspired U.S. writers to create a "culture of empire" that legitimated American dominance by portraying Mexicans and Mexican immigrants as childlike "peons" in need of foreign tutelage, incapable...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0292702078

ISBN13:9780292702073

Release Date:January 2004

Publisher:University of Texas Press

Length:265 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Americas Cultural Policy Education Education & Reference Ethnic Studies History Immigrants Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Schools & Teaching Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics Textbooks

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