Remembering Conquest: Mexican Americans, Memory, and Citizenship by Valerio-Jiménez, Omar

Remembering Conquest: Mexican Americans, Memory, and Citizenship

This book analyzes the ways collective memories of the US-Mexico War have shaped Mexican Americans' civil rights...
€233,15 EUR
€233,15 EUR
SKU: 9781469675619
Product Type: Books
Please hurry! Only 357 left in stock
Author: Omar Valerio-Jiménez
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Subtotal: €233,15
10 customers are viewing this product
Remembering Conquest: Mexican Americans, Memory, and Citizenship by Valerio-Jiménez, Omar

Remembering Conquest: Mexican Americans, Memory, and Citizenship

€233,15

Remembering Conquest: Mexican Americans, Memory, and Citizenship

€233,15
Author: Omar Valerio-Jiménez
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
This book analyzes the ways collective memories of the US-Mexico War have shaped Mexican Americans' civil rights struggles over several generations. As the first Latinx people incorporated into the nation, Mexican Americans were offered US citizenship by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the war. Because the 1790 Naturalization Act declared whites solely eligible for citizenship, the treaty pronounced Mexican Americans to be legally white. While their incorporation as citizens appeared as progress towards racial justice and the electorate's diversification, their second-class citizenship demonstrated a retrenchment in racial progress. Over several generations, civil rights activists summoned conquest memories to link Mexican Americans' poverty, electoral disenfranchisement, low educational attainment, and health disparities to structural and institutional inequalities resulting from racial retrenchments. Activists also recalled the treaty's citizenship guarantees to push for property rights, protection from vigilante attacks, and educational reform.

Omar Valerio-Jimenez addresses the politics of memory by exploring how succeeding generations reinforced or modified earlier memories of conquest according to their contemporary social and political contexts. The book also examines collective memories in the US and Mexico to illustrate transnational influences on Mexican Americans and to demonstrate how community and national memories can be used strategically to advance political agendas.



Author: Omar Valerio-Jiménez
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 04/30/2024
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.63lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9781469675619

Returns Policy

You may return most new, unopened items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. We'll also pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.).

You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).

If you need to return an item, simply login to your account, view the order using the "Complete Orders" link under the My Account menu and click the Return Item(s) button. We'll notify you via e-mail of your refund once we've received and processed the returned item.

Shipping

We can ship to virtually any address in the world. Note that there are restrictions on some products, and some products cannot be shipped to international destinations.

When you place an order, we will estimate shipping and delivery dates for you based on the availability of your items and the shipping options you choose. Depending on the shipping provider you choose, shipping date estimates may appear on the shipping quotes page.

Please also note that the shipping rates for many items we sell are weight-based. The weight of any such item can be found on its detail page. To reflect the policies of the shipping companies we use, all weights will be rounded up to the next full pound.

Related Products

Recently Viewed Products