North from Mexico ─ The Spanish-Speaking People of the United States

This single-volume book provides students, educators, and politicians with an update to the classic Carey McWilliams workNorth From Mexico. It provides up-to-date information on the Chicano experience and the emergent social dynamics in the United States as a result of Mexican immigration.

‧ Provides readers with an in-depth understanding of the changing demographics of the Mexican immigrant population in the United States

‧ Analyzes the major trends in U.S. immigration, including anti-immigrant policies, issues facing the unauthorized immigrant population, and the development of the immigrant rights movement

‧ Examines the complex interrelationship between Mexican immigrants and later generations of U.S.-born Mexican Americans and the U.S. political system

‧ Covers important recent topics such as anti-immigration movements, language debates like Prop 227 and other anti-immigrant legislation that address the education of Spanish speakers, cultural developments and art of Mexican Americans, and the changing economic outlook for Mexican immigrants

‧ Offers the latest information on the complex interrelationship between Mexican immigrants and later generations of U.S.-born Mexican Americans

Carey McWilliams was editor of The Nation, 1951–1975, and author ofAmbrose Bierce: A Biography; Factories in the Field: The Story of Migratory Labor in California;Ill Fares the Land: Migrants and Migratory Labor in the United States; Brothers Under the Skin: African-Americans and Other Minorities; and Prejudice: Japanese-Americans—Symbol of Racial Intolerance.

Matt S. Meier was professor emeritus of history at the University of Santa Clara. His published work includesA Bibliography for Chicano History as well as the Greenwood titles Dictionary of Mexican American History;Bibliography of Mexican American History; and Notable Latino Americans.

Alma M. Garcia, PhD, is professor of sociology and director of the Latin American Studies program at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA. She is the author ofNarratives of Second Generation Mexican American Women: Emergent Identities of the Second Generation.