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Borderlands and the Mexican American story / David Dorado Romo.

Summary:

"The Mexican American story is usually carefully presented as a story of immigrants: migrants crossing borders, drawn to the promise of a better life. In reality, Mexicans were on this land long before any borders existed. Their culture and practices shaped the Southwestern part of this country, in spite of relentless attempts by white colonizers and settlers to erase them. From missions and the Alamo to muralists, revolutionaries, and teen activists, this is the true story of the Mexican American experience" -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780593567760
ISBN: 0593567765
ISBN: 9780593567753
ISBN: 0593567757
Physical Description: x, 339 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, [2024]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-338).
Formatted Contents Note:	Native Migrations : The First Footsteps -- The First Colonization : Spanish Settlement of the Southwest -- A Culture Interrupted : Mexico Before the American Invasion -- Land Grabs and Invasions : The Alamo and the Mexican American War -- The Anglos Take Over : The Trauma of the Second Conquest -- Mexican Americans and the Civil War : The Other Underground Railroad -- Railroading the Borderlands -- The U.S. Borderlands and the Mexican Revolution -- The Other Side of the Mexican Revolution -- The Ethnic Cleansing of Brown America -- Mexican Americans during the Second World War -- The Chicano Movement -- The Hispanic Decade -- The New World Border : One Wall Comes Down, Another Goes Up -- The Border Becomes "Ground Zero" -- The Truth Today : An Unwillingness to Disappear.
Target Audience Note:	Ages 10 and up Crown Books for Young Readers Grades 7-9 Crown Books for Young Readers