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Mestizo in America: Generations of Mexican Ethnicity in the Suburban Southwest (review)

Mestizo in America: Generations of Mexican Ethnicity in the Suburban Southwest (review) 2??8Book Reviews363 about die controversial audior's own role in history: will Ben Barnes be remembered primarily as the promising young phenomenon who became a protégé ofJohnson and Connally, or will he be recognized as a force in his own right in the events and transformations he chronicles? That answer will await a work of greater depth and broader perspective. AustinJames E. Cousar Mestizo in America: Generations ofMexican Ethnicity in tL· Suburban Southwest. By Thomas Macias. (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2006. Pp. 194. Tables, graphs, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN 0816525048. $45.00, cloth. ISBN 0816525056. $19.95, paper.) Mestizo in America examines die social integration of the U.S. Mexican community from 1965 to the present. While its sources are both qualitative and quantitative, its richest source for quantitative data is the Current Population Survey (CPS) from igg4 to 2002. In addition, the author interviewed more than fifty residents of Mexican origin from Phoenix, Arizona, and San Jose, California, who are at least third generation to add a substantial base of qualitative sources with which to document his study. Notwithstanding the regional specificity of the qualitative data, the discussion based on both sets ofdata clearly has implications for the Mexican-origin http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southwestern Historical Quarterly Texas State Historical Association

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2??8Book Reviews363 about die controversial audior's own role in history: will Ben Barnes be remembered primarily as the promising young phenomenon who became a protégé ofJohnson and Connally, or will he be recognized as a force in his own right in the events and transformations he chronicles? That answer will await a work of greater depth and broader perspective. AustinJames E. Cousar Mestizo in America: Generations ofMexican Ethnicity in tL· Suburban Southwest. By Thomas Macias. (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2006. Pp. 194. Tables, graphs, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN 0816525048. $45.00, cloth. ISBN 0816525056. $19.95, paper.) Mestizo in America examines die social integration of the U.S. Mexican community from 1965 to the present. While its sources are both qualitative and quantitative, its richest source for quantitative data is the Current Population Survey (CPS) from igg4 to 2002. In addition, the author interviewed more than fifty residents of Mexican origin from Phoenix, Arizona, and San Jose, California, who are at least third generation to add a substantial base of qualitative sources with which to document his study. Notwithstanding the regional specificity of the qualitative data, the discussion based on both sets ofdata clearly has implications for the Mexican-origin

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Southwestern Historical Quarterly – Texas State Historical Association

Published: Jul 6, 2008

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