Covering more than one hundred years of American history, "Walls and Mirrors" examines the ways that continuous immigration from Mexico transformed - and continues to shape - the political, social, and cultural life of the American Southwest. Taking a fresh approach to one of the most divisive political issues of our time, David Gutierrez explores the ways that nearly a century of steady immigration from Mexico has shaped ethnic politics in California and Texas, the two largest U.S. border states. Drawing on an extensive body of primary and secondary sources, Gutierrez focuses on the complex ways that their pattern of immigration influenced Mexican Americans' sense of social and cultural identity - and, as a consequence, their politics. He challenges the most cherished American myths about U.S. immigration policy, pointing out that, contrary to rhetoric about 'alien invasions', U.S. government and regional business interests have actively recruited Mexican and other foreign workers for over a century, thus helping to establish and perpetuate the flow of immigrants into the United States. In addition, Gutierrez offers a new interpretation of the debate over assimilation and multiculturalism in American society. Rejecting the notion of the melting pot, he explores the ways that ethnic Mexicans have resisted assimilation and fought to create a cultural space for themselves in distinctive ethnic communities throughout the southwestern United States.
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评分感觉这本书给其他种族移民史提供了一个新的角度 早期移民后裔和新时期移民两个团体之间的冲突融合还有身份认同 就比如华裔和新移民
评分感觉这本书给其他种族移民史提供了一个新的角度 早期移民后裔和新时期移民两个团体之间的冲突融合还有身份认同 就比如华裔和新移民
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