united states

Provides access to a wide diversity of opinions about, Mexico, also stimulating readers to do further research for group discussion and individual interest. Selections by experts, policy makers, and concerned citizens include complete articles and speeches, long book excerpts, and occasional cartoons and boxed quotations.

"[This] book is divided into 12 chapters, each addressing an important and controversial issue pertinent to Latinos. A background section introduces each chapter about U.S. Latino communities and their history, then frames each issue, after which arguments for and against the issue are debated, followed by a section with questions for students to discuss and debate"--Pages xxvii-xxviii.

Looks at the immigration process and what it is like to immigrate to the United States.

A brief narrative of the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, marking America's entrance into World War II, and includes a timeline of major events throughout the war, as well as information on those who experienced it.

Discusses how the Industrial Revolution affected America, including such aspects of the era as child factory labor, the inventions of Samuel Slater and John Deere, and the emergence of the railroad industry.

Presents a history of the relationship between Mexico and the United States, discussing the war of 1846 between Mexico and the United States, how Mexico became independent in 1821, and why immigration has become a controversial issue for both countries in recent years.

Discusses the terrorist attack on the United States on September 11, 2001, and provides information about the people who launched the attack, and America's response.

Presents an illustrated tale of a gift of fourteen cows given by the Maasai people of Kenya to the U.S. as a gesture of comfort and friendship in the wake of the attacks of September 11, 2001.

Provides an account of the War of 1812 commemorating the two hundredth anniversary, and showing how military strategy reflected the public opinion of the combatants.

A courageous young journalist takes his readers deep inside the hunt for the most powerful, feared, and charismatic drug lord in the world---Mexico's Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman---and tells the full story of the drug trade over the past thirty years.