Gilbert G. González is Professor of Social Sciences and Director of the Labor Studies Program at the University of California, Irvine.

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Economic Conquest and Its Social Relations 2. American Writers Invade Mexico 3. The Imperial Burden: The Mexican Problem and Americanization 4. The Peaceful Conquest and Mexican Migration within Mexico and to the United States 5. The Transnational Mexican Problem 6. Empire, Domestic Policy, and the Education of Mexican Immigrants Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Providing a fresh interpretive analysis...Gilbert Gonzalez argues convincingly that the study of Mexican immigration to the United States, and the delveopment of the Chicano community, demands an understanding of the consequences of America's economic domination of Mexico, which followed the U.S. Civil War. (Southwestern Historical Quarterly) Amidst ongoing efforts to conceptualize the inevitable but often agonistic intersections of Latin American and Latino studies, Gilbert Gonzalez's Culture of Empire comes as a refreshing and valuable intervention. (The Journal of Latin American Anthropology)

Gilbert G. González is Professor of Social Sciences and Director of the Labor Studies Program at the University of California, Irvine.

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Economic Conquest and Its Social Relations 2. American Writers Invade Mexico 3. The Imperial Burden: The Mexican Problem and Americanization 4. The Peaceful Conquest and Mexican Migration within Mexico and to the United States 5. The Transnational Mexican Problem 6. Empire, Domestic Policy, and the Education of Mexican Immigrants Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Providing a fresh interpretive analysis...Gilbert Gonzalez argues convincingly that the study of Mexican immigration to the United States, and the delveopment of the Chicano community, demands an understanding of the consequences of America's economic domination of Mexico, which followed the U.S. Civil War. (Southwestern Historical Quarterly) Amidst ongoing efforts to conceptualize the inevitable but often agonistic intersections of Latin American and Latino studies, Gilbert Gonzalez's Culture of Empire comes as a refreshing and valuable intervention. (The Journal of Latin American Anthropology)

Gilbert G. González is Professor of Social Sciences and Director of the Labor Studies Program at the University of California, Irvine.

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Economic Conquest and Its Social Relations 2. American Writers Invade Mexico 3. The Imperial Burden: The Mexican Problem and Americanization 4. The Peaceful Conquest and Mexican Migration within Mexico and to the United States 5. The Transnational Mexican Problem 6. Empire, Domestic Policy, and the Education of Mexican Immigrants Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Providing a fresh interpretive analysis...Gilbert Gonzalez argues convincingly that the study of Mexican immigration to the United States, and the delveopment of the Chicano community, demands an understanding of the consequences of America's economic domination of Mexico, which followed the U.S. Civil War. (Southwestern Historical Quarterly) Amidst ongoing efforts to conceptualize the inevitable but often agonistic intersections of Latin American and Latino studies, Gilbert Gonzalez's Culture of Empire comes as a refreshing and valuable intervention. (The Journal of Latin American Anthropology)