Mexican nationalisms, southern racisms: Mexicans and Mexican Americans in the U.S. south, 1908-1939

American Quarterly

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 749-777

  Weise, Julie M ^a  

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EID: 70449846143     PISSN: 00030678     EISSN: 10806490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/aq.0.0035     Document Type: Review

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66. Ibid
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