The Truth About Mexican-Americans
In the New York Review of Books, Julia Preston reviews four books about the general topic of Mexican-Americans in the United States. The books are:
Mexicans in the Making of America by Neil Foley, Belknap Press/ Harvard University Press
A Nation of Nations: A Great American Immigration Story by Tom Gjelten, Simon and Schuster
The Latino Generation: Voices of the New America by Mario T. Garcia, University of North Carolina Press
Latino America: How America’s Most Dynamic Population Is Poised to Transform the Politics of the Nation by Matt Barreto and Gary M. Segura, PublicAffairs
Preston uses Donald Trump‘s attacks on Mexican immigrants as the backdrop for her review of the books. She states:
“Trump has raised a question that could well determine the outcome of the presidential contest: How will Latinos respond? For many Mexican- Americans, Trump’s campaign is nothing new. It fits within repeating cycles of attraction and rejection for Mexican immigrants in this country and connects with a long history of challenges that citizens of Mexican descent have faced to their place in the society.”
KJ