Description: Borders Within : Encounters Between Mexico and the ., Paperback by Monroy, Douglas, ISBN 0816526923, ISBN-13 9780816526925, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US The descendant of Mexican immigrants, Monroy (history, Colorado college) has written two previous books and has led numerous workshops for K-12 teachers on topics related to his scholarly work. In this text he examines the many ways the . and Mexico have commingled their pasts, the various reasons and means by which Mexicans and Americans deny this reality, and how the futures of both countries are bound up together. The seven essays explore why NAFTA isn't working as planned; the fabled days of the California ranchos; Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 romantic novel, Ramona; Woodrow Wilson's efforts to influence the Mexican Revolution, and why American and Mexican liberals have difficulty conceptualizing one another; Spanish priests' failed attempts to convert California's Native peoples; and the perils and opportunities posed by the "New World Border" for Mexicans and Americans. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Borders Within : Encounters Between Mexico and the U.s.
Number of Pages: 268 Pages
Publication Name: Borders Within : Encounters between Mexico and the U. S.
Language: English
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Subject: Latin America / Mexico, Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Social History, International Relations / General, United States / General
Publication Year: 2008
Item Height: 0.8 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, History
Author: Douglas Monroy
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
