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Hispanic Methodists, Presbyterians, and Baptists in Texas by Barton, Paul, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…The Tejano/a Catholic worldview -- "Onward Christian soldiers": Anglo-Protestant missionaries -- "Jesus is all the world to me": los protestantes' appropriation of Anglo-American Protestantism -- "Jesús es mi Rey Soberano": the Mexican-American character of los protestantes -- "Somos uno en el espíritu"? …”
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Faded glory a century of forgotten Texas military sites, then and now / by Alexander, Thomas E., 1931-

Table of Contents: “…The Mexican War, 1846-1848: Corpus Christi beach -- Thornton's skirmish -- Brazos Santiago -- Fort Brown -- The Indian Wars, 1848-1875: Fort McKavett -- Fort Lancaster -- Battle of Adobe Walls -- The Civil War, 1861-1865: Old Fort Bliss -- Battle of Galveston -- Camp Ford -- Battle of Sabine Pass -- The Spanish-American War, 1898: Menger Hotel -- Camp Mabry -- Camp Wood -- The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920: Downtown El Paso -- Glenn Spring -- Camp Ruidosa -- Camp Holland -- World War I, 1917-1918: USS Texas -- Galveston coastal defenses -- Camp Bowie I -- Camp MacArthur and Rich Field -- World War II, 1941-1945: Fort Clark -- Camp Bowie II -- Avenger Field -- Pecos Army Airfield -- Naval operations in wartime Orange -- Prisoners of war in Texas -- Marfa Army Airfield -- Epilogue: a call for preservation.…”
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In lonely places film noir beyond the city / by Smith, Imogen Sara

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Imaginary prisons: noir and the city -- In exile at home: noir between two worlds -- Maximum security: domestic noir -- The tyranny of neighbors: small-town noir -- Blind highways: noir on the road -- Mirage of safety: noir on the Mexican border -- Lone and level sands: desert noir -- Past sunset: noir westerns -- Private traps: noir in the mind.…”
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Conflicting commitments the politics of enforcing immigrant worker rights in San Jose and Houston / by Gleeson, Shannon, 1980-

Table of Contents: “…Work in postindustrial America -- Implementing the legal rights of undocumented workers -- Place matters : how local governments enforce immigrant worker rights -- Beyond government : how civil society serves, organizes and advocates for immigrant workers -- Advocating across borders : consular strategies for protecting Mexican immigrant workers -- Conclusion : making rights real for immigrant workers.…”
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The Sanctuary City : Immigrant, Refugee, and Receiving Communities in Postindustrial Philadelphia / by Vitiello, Domenic

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Sanctuary and the Immigrant City -- Sanctuary in Solidarity : Central Americans and the Sanctuary Movement -- Refugee Resettlement : Southeast Asians and the Resettlement System -- African Diasporas : Liberians and Black America -- Muslim Town : Iraqis, Syrians, and Palestinians in Arab and Muslim America -- New Sanctuary : Mexicans and the New Immigration Movements -- Conclusion : What Do We Owe Each Other?…”
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The Sanctuary City : Immigrant, Refugee, and Receiving Communities in Postindustrial Philadelphia / by Vitiello, Domenic

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Sanctuary and the Immigrant City -- Sanctuary in Solidarity : Central Americans and the Sanctuary Movement -- Refugee Resettlement : Southeast Asians and the Resettlement System -- African Diasporas : Liberians and Black America -- Muslim Town : Iraqis, Syrians, and Palestinians in Arab and Muslim America -- New Sanctuary : Mexicans and the New Immigration Movements -- Conclusion : What Do We Owe Each Other?…”
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Celebrating 100 years of the Texas Folklore Society, 1909-2009

Table of Contents: “…Hooked on Texas / Clarence Jay Faulkner -- Beware of folklore addiction / Scott Hill Bumgardner -- McDade and me / Vicky Rose -- Mother lodes of Mexican lore / Lucy Fischer West -- Bibliography of Mexican-American folklore articles -- Dobie's disciples and the Choctaw Five / Tim Tingle -- The Texas Folklore Society was part of my life long before I knew It / Jean Granberry Schnitz -- The family nature of the Texas Folklore Society / Kenneth L. …”
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Jack London's racial lives a critical biography / by Reesman, Jeanne Campbell

Table of Contents: “…Race as class in Martin Eden -- "Make westing" for the Sonoma dream -- "Mongrels" to "young wise ones": on the Mexican Revolution and On the Makaloa mat.…”
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The Chinese in Mexico, 1882-1940 by Romero, Robert Chao, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Chinese immigration to Mexico and the transnational commercial orbit -- The dragon in Big Lusong: Chinese immigration to Mexico and the global Chinese diaspora -- Transnational journeys: transnational contract labor recruitment, smuggling, and familial chain migration -- Gender, interracial marriage, and transnational families -- Employment and community: coolies, merchants, and the Tong wars -- Mexican sinophobia and the anti-Chinese campaigns -- Conclusion: re-envisioning Mestizaje and "Asian-Latino" studies.…”
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Contemporary Sephardic identity in the Americas an interdisciplinary approach /

Table of Contents: “…Balbuena -- A taste of sepharad from the Mexican suburbs: Rosa Nissán's stylized Ladino in Novia que te vea and Hisho que te nazca / Yael Halevi-Wise -- The role of music in the Quebec Sephardic community / Judith R. …”
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The history of Texas music by Hartman, Gary

Table of Contents: “…Understanding the music of Texas and the American Southwest -- Texas music begins : Native American musical traditions of the Southwest -- Música tejana : Mexican American music in the Southwest -- See that my grave is kept clean : the African roots of Texas music -- From polkas to pirogues : the German, Jewish, Czech, Polish, and French influence on Texas -- Deep within my heart lies a melody : Anglo American music in Texas -- Groover's paradise : Texas rock & roll.…”
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South by Southwest Katherine Anne Porter and the burden of Texas history / by Stout, Janis P.

Table of Contents: “…Callie Russell Porter's Texas : history, geoculture, and the need to escape -- Away and yet not away -- The Mexican dream and its realities -- Recalling childhood : beauty, death, and "The old order" -- Seizing the moment : endless memory and "Noon wine" -- Awakening the Southern belle from her dream of a horse race -- Racial nightmares and "The man in the tree" -- War's alarms : three Texans, two wars -- Two almost-last straws -- Sexual politics and Ship of Fools -- Never reconciled.…”
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The archaeology of ethnogenesis race and sexuality in colonial San Francisco / by Voss, Barbara L., 1967-

Table of Contents: “…-- From casta to Californio, II : social identities in late Spanish and Mexican-era Alta California -- From artifacts to ethnogenesis : excavating El Presidio de San Francisco -- Sites of identification : landscape -- Structuring structures : architecture -- Tradition and taste : ceramics -- Consuming practices : foodways -- Fashioning the colonial subject : clothing -- Conclusion.…”
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Art in the lives of immigrant communities in the United States

Table of Contents: “…Murphy -- GenerAsians learn Chinese: the Asian American youth generation and new class formations / Deborah Wong -- Unfinished journey: Mexican migration through the visual arts / Gilberto Cárdenas -- Immigrant art as liminal expression: the case of Central Americans / Cecilia Menjívar -- Negotiating memories of war: arts in Vietnamese American communities / Yen Le Espiritu -- Miracles on the border: the votive art of Mexican migrants to the United States / Jorge Durand and Douglas S. …”
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Latinos and American law landmark Supreme Court cases / by Soltero, Carlos R., 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Botiller v. Dominguez (1889), Mexican land grants, and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo -- Balzac v. …”
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Americans in the treasure house : travel to Porfirian Mexico and the cultural politics of empire / by Ruiz, Jason

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Usage -- Introduction: Keep Close to a Kicking Horse -- Desire among the Ruins: Constructing Mexico in American Travel Discourse -- The Greatest and Wisest Despot of Modern Times : Porfirio Diaz, American Travelers, and the Politics of Logical Paternalism -- American Travel Writing and the Problem of Indian Difference --The Most Promising Element in Mexican Society : Idealized Mestizaje and the Eradication of Indian Difference -- Reversals of Fortune: Revolutionary Veracruz and Porfirian Nostalgia -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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A rainbow of gangs : street cultures in the mega-city / by Vigil, James Diego, 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Looking at gangs cross-culturally -- Mexican Americans in the barrios of Los Angeles -- "I just wanted to act loco" : Puppet's story -- Blacks in Los Angeles : from Central Avenue to South Central Los Angeles -- "I noticed the problem but never had the cure" : Mookie's story -- Vietnamese in Southern California -- "You couldn't hang by yourself" : Huc's story -- Salvadorans in Los Angeles : the Pico-Union area -- "Where is my father?" …”
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Colonial rosary the Spanish and Indian missions of California / by Lake, Alison

Table of Contents: “…Francis -- Conversion and mission life -- The women of mission California -- Spanish and Mexican settlement -- Colonial soldiers and the Presidio -- Style and layout of mission buildings -- Farming -- Mission trades and economy -- Indians of the missions -- Changing rule of the missions -- The decline of a civilization -- The cycle of decline and restoration -- Conclusion : the colonial rosary -- Appendix A : research and resources -- Appendix B : additional resources pertaining to California indians.…”
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Migrants and Migration in Modern North America : Cross-Border Lives, Labor Markets, and Politics /

Table of Contents: “…Sauer -- The United States-Mexican border as material and cultural barrier / Omar S. …”
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Migrants and Migration in Modern North America : Cross-Border Lives, Labor Markets, and Politics /

Table of Contents: “…Sauer -- The United States-Mexican border as material and cultural barrier / Omar S. …”
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