Crucible of struggle : a history of Mexican Americans from colonial times to the present era / Zaragosa Vargas

The era of the Spanish northern frontier to 1821 -- Life and society in Mexico's northern borderlands, 1821-1846 -- Indian relations on the northern frontier after Mexican independence -- Mexican Americans in the era of war and American westward expansion -- Mexican Americans from the 1850s to the end of the Civil War -- Mexican Americans in the southwest, 1870 to the early twentieth century -- Mexican immigration, work, urbanization, and Americanization, 1910-1929 -- The Mexican American struggle for labor rights in the era of the Great Depression -- The Mexican American people in the World War II era -- Mexican Americans in the postwar years, 1946-1963 -- Mexican Americans in the protest era, 1964-1974 -- Mexican Americans at the end of the twentieth century -- Epilogue: Mexican Americans in the new millennium.

Ranging from the founding of New Mexico in 1598 to the 2008 Obama presidential campaign, Crucible of Struggle: A History of Mexican Americans from the Colonial Period to the Present Era vividly outlines and explores the totality of the 500-year Mexican American experience that is woven into the greater context of American history.

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