Manifest Destinies, Second Edition: The Making of the Mexican American Race
Making Race: Manifest Destinies, Second Edition examines how Mexican Americans were racialized and classified in the United States. It connects the aftermath of the Mexican American War and westward expansion with slavery, the Civil War, law, and racial hierarchy, with updates on Latino racialization in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
At a glance
- Focuses on Mexican American racial formation, citizenship and racial classification in the United States.
- Links the period of westward expansion to slavery, the Civil War, law and social hierarchy.
- The second edition incorporates material on Latino racialization in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Offers a historical account that brings legal and sociological perspectives to questions of race and citizenship.
- The Kindle listing specifies screen-reader support, enhanced typesetting, Word Wise and Page Flip.
Technical specifications
12 specifications| Publisher | NYU Press |
|---|---|
| Publication date | February 6, 2018 |
| Edition | 2nd |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 313 pages |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1479850686 |
| File size | 2.7 MB |
|---|---|
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Not Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
Who is it for?
A good fit for
- Readers studying Mexican American history, U.S. racial classification, citizenship or the social construction of race.
- Students and general readers interested in how law and westward expansion shaped racial hierarchy.
Less suited to
- Readers seeking a broad survey of all Latino histories rather than a focused account of Mexican Americans and racialization.
Customer reviews on Amazon
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The listing provides aggregate ratings but no customer-comment evidence. The overall distribution is strongly weighted toward five-star ratings, though a smaller one-star share shows that experiences are not uniform. Ratings alone do not reveal why readers responded as they did, so they cannot establish specific strengths or shortcomings of this history book.
Frequently asked questions
What is the book about?
It examines how Mexican Americans were racialized and classified in the United States, relating that history to citizenship, law, westward expansion, slavery and the Civil War.
What is updated in the second edition?
The listing says this edition incorporates more recent evidence about the racialization of Mexican Americans and other Latinos in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
What are the listed Kindle accessibility and reading features?
Screen Reader is supported, enhanced typesetting, Word Wise and Page Flip are enabled, and X-Ray is not enabled.
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