A much-needed compilation of studies bearing on one of the United States' most perplexing and volatile issues. . . . The essays are interpreted within a larger political and social context by Gutiérrez in his introduction. This outstanding anthology will help us rethink the nature of citizenship and the nation-state.
Richard Griswold del Castillo, San Diego State University Between ... Read moreTwo Worlds brings together for the first time scholarship that recognizes the multilayered complexity of ethnic Mexican communities in the U.S. . . . Together, these authors explore in clear and concise prose the social, political, cultural, economic, and gendered terrain that simultaneously divides and unifies ethnic Mexicans, both immigrant and U.S.-born.
Neil Foley, University of Texas at Austin This volume is a good introduction to Mexican immigrant history in the United States and will be useful in the university classroom. The articles David Gutiérrez has included are written by some of the best scholars in the field. . .
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