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Borderlands and the Mexican American story / David Dorado Romo.

Romo, David Dorado, (author.).

Summary:

"The true story of America from the Mexican American perspective"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0593567765
  • ISBN: 9780593567760
  • ISBN: 9780593567753
  • ISBN: 0593567757
  • ISBN: 9780593567760
  • ISBN: 0593567765
  • Physical Description: x, 339 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, [2024]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-338).
Formatted Contents Note:
Native migrations: the first footsteps -- The first colonization: Spanish settlement of the Southwest -- A culture interrupted: Mexico before the American invasion -- Land grabs and invasions: the Alamo and the Mexican American War -- The Anglos take over: the trauma of the second conquest -- Mexican Americans and the Civil War: The other Underground Railroad -- Railroading the borderlands -- The U.S. Borderlands and the Mexican Revolution -- The other side of the Mexican Revolution -- The ethnic cleansing of brown America -- Mexican Americans during World War II -- The Chicano movement -- The Hispanic decade -- The New World border: one wall comes down, another goes up -- The border becomes "ground zero" -- Today's truths: an unwillingness to disappear.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 10 and up Crown Books for Young Readers.
Grades 7-9 Crown Books for Young Readers.
1090L Lexile
Subject: Mexican Americans > History > Juvenile literature.
Mexican Americans > Social conditions > Juvenile literature.
Mexican-American Border Region > History > Juvenile literature.
United States > Race relations > History > Juvenile literature.
Mexico > Emigration and immigration > History > Juvenile literature.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History > Juvenile literature.

Available copies

  • 5 of 6 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.

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Statesville Main Library J 973.046872 ROM (Text) 33114018831354 Juvenile New Nonfiction Available -