Molina, Natalia

How race is made in America immigration, citizenship, and the historical power of racial scripts / [Texte imprimé] : Natalia Molina - Berkeley ; Los Angeles ; London : University of California Press, 2014 - 1 vol. (XV-207 p.) ; 24 cm

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Part I. Immigration Regimes I : Mapping Race and Citizenship -- Placing Mexican Immigration within the Larger Landscape of Race Relations in the U.S. -- "What is a White Man?" : The Quest to Make Mexicans Ineligible for U.S. Citizenship -- Birthright Citizenship Beyond Black and White -- Part II. Immigration Regimes II : Making Mexicans Deportable -- Mexicans Suspended in a State of Deportability : Medical Racialization and Immigration Policy in the 1940s -- Deportations in the Urban Landscape -- Epilogue: Making Race in the Twenty-First Century

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Mexican Americans / Social conditions / 20th century Mexican Americans / Civil rights / History / 20th century Immigrants / United States / History / 20th century Citizenship / United States / History / 20th century Race discrimination / United States / History / 20th century United States / Emigration and immigration / History / 20th century United States / Emigration and immigration / Government policy / History / 20th century Deportation / United States / History / 20th century United States / Race relations / History / 20th century

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