A historical and analytical exploration of the transnational movements of Mexican migrants in pursuit of labor and civil rights in the United States from the 1920s onward.
A historical and analytical exploration of the transnational movements of Mexican migrants in pursuit of labor and civil rights in the United States f...
Winner of the 2009 Lora Romero First Book Prize from the American Studies Association
2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Migrant Imaginaries explores the transnational movements of Mexican migrants in pursuit of labor and civil rights in the United States from the 1920s onward. Working through key historical moments such as the 1930s, the Chicano Movement, and contemporary globalization and neoliberalism, Alicia Schmidt Camacho examines the relationship between ethnic Mexican expressive culture and the practices sustaining...
Winner of the 2009 Lora Romero First Book Prize from the American Studies Association
