mexicans

A biography of the man whose life spans the early history of California under the flags of four different governments.

Twelve-year-old Miguel Del Monte, a boy who herds wild broncos with his uncle between northern Mexico and Los Angeles during the Mexican Revolution, encounters various hardships and dangers while meeting a diverse array of people.

Miguel Rivera is the new kid in town, a young Mexican living with his family near the border in Texas. It isn't bad enough that he has to deal with the class bully, Joey Jeter Cort?s, and his mean substitute-teacher mother, he's also struggling with his family to find their place in a new world. One day, in Santa Fe, Miguel is chased by boys and takes refuge in the Palace of the Governors. There, among the old and dusty artifacts of the Kingdom of New Spain, Miguel learns about his homeland and what it means to be a boy full of pride and confidence, in America.

Examines the effects of assimilation, settlement patterns, and ethnic relations on the dynamics of Mexican emigration.

Tells the explosive story of yuppies, Delaney and Kyra Mossbacher, a stay-at-home dad and his real-estate whiz wife, and their clash with C?ndido and Am?rica Rinc?n, illegal aliens who have crossed into California from Mexico and are living in a camp awaiting the birth of their baby.

Photographs and text portray the lives of migrant farm laborers who have come to the U.S. from Mexico.

Discusses the history, culture, and religion of Mexican Americans, including their acceptance as an ethnic group in North America. Also examines the factors that have encouraged emigration from Mexico.

U.S. Government Agent Hipolito Acosta worked in high stakes undercover operations infiltrating Mexico's immigrant smuggling rings and drug cartels. For thirty years his work regularly made headlines but his book goes beyond the headlines and shows what an agent has to endure in order to make sure U.S. law is enforced.

Fifteen-year-old Victor Flores journeys north in a desperate attempt to cross the Arizona border and find work in the United States to support his family in central Mexico.

Examines the heritage of the Mexican people and their life in the United States through their own words.