01437nam a2200289 a 45000010006000000050017000060080041000230200019000640200015000830400023000980820022001211000030001432450087001732600045002603000026003055040064003315050330003956500038007256500048007636500060008116500050008716510058009216500058009796500047010376510055010845260008011392236420221124100749.0180508s2007    nyu      b    001 0 eng    a9780814731741   a0814731740  aBD-DhIUBcBD-DhIUB00a305.868/720732221 aGómez, Laura E.,d1964-10aManifest destinies :bthe making of the Mexican American race /cLaura E. Gómez.  aNew York :bNew York University,cc2007.  axii, 243 p. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 211-234) and index.0 aThe U.S. colonization of northern Mexico and the creation of Mexican Americans -- Where Mexicans fit in the new American racial order -- How a fragile claim to whiteness shaped Mexican Americans' relations with Indians and African Americans -- Manifest destiny's legacy : race in America at the turn of the twentieth century. 0aMexican AmericansxRace identity. 0aMexican AmericansxLegal status, laws, etc. 0aMexican AmericansxColonizationxHistoryy19th century. 0aRacismzUnited StatesxHistoryy19th century. 0aUnited StatesxRace relationsxHistoryy19th century. 0aMexican AmericanszNew MexicoxHistoryy19th century. 0aRacismzNew MexicoxHistoryy19th century. 0aNew MexicoxRace relationsxHistoryy19th century.  blaw