Mexicans in the Making of America

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year According to census projections, by 2050 nearly one in three U.S. residents will be Latino, and the overwhelming majority of these will be of Mexican descent. This dramatic demographic shift is reshaping politics, culture, and fundamental ideas about American identity. Neil Foley, a leading Mexican American historian, offers a sweeping view of the evolution of Mexican America, from a colonial outpost on Mexicos northern frontier to a twenty-first-century people integral to the nation they have helped build. CompellingReaders of all political persuasions will find Foleys intensively researched, well-documented scholarly work an instructive, thoroughly accessible guide to the ramifications of immigration policy. Publishers Weekly For Americans long accustomed to understanding the countrys development as an east-to-west phenomenon, Foleys singular service is to urge us to tilt the map south-to-north and to comprehend conditions as they have been for some time and will likely be for the foreseeable futureA timely look at and appreciation of a fast-growing demographic destined to play an increasingly important role in our history. Kirkus Reviews