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Common Border, Uncommon Paths : Race, Culture, and National Identity in U.S.- title: Mexican Relations Latin American Silhouettes author: RodrÃguez O., Jaime E. publisher: Scholarly Resources, Inc. isbn10 | asin: 0842026738 print isbn13: 9780842026734 ebook isbn13: 9780585199498 language: English United States--Relations--Mexico-- Congresses, Mexico--Relations--United States--Congresses, National characteristics, American--Congresses, National subject characteristics, Mexican--Congresses, Racism--United States--Congresses, Racism--Mexico--Congresses. publication date: 1997 lcc: E183.8.M6C64 1997eb ddc: 303.48/273072 United States--Relations--Mexico-- Congresses, Mexico--Relations--United States--Congresses, National characteristics, subject: American--Congresses, National characteristics, Mexican--Congresses, Racism--United States--Congresses, Racism--Mexico--Congresses. Page i Common Border, Uncommon Paths Page ii Page iii Common Border, Uncommon Paths Race, Culture, and National Identity in U.S.-Mexican Relations Edited by Jaime E. Rodríguez O. and Kathryn Vincent A Scholarly Resources Inc. Imprint Wilmington, Delaware Published in cooperation with the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC MEXUS) (c) 1997 by The Regents of the University of California All rights reserved First published 1997 Printed and bound in the United States of America Scholarly Resources Inc. 104 Greenhill Avenue Wilmington, DE 19805-1897 Sources for Illustrations Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico City; Biblioteca Nacional de México, Mexico City; Los Angeles Times Syndicate, Los Angeles, California. Frontispiece: (c) 1996 by Paul Conrad. Distributed by Los Angeles Times Syndicate. Reprinted by permission. Front endsheet: A New Map of America Septentrionale (North America), based on the work of Mr. Sanson, geographer to the king of France, published London, 1669, by Richard Blome (shows California as an island). Back endsheet: L'Amérique Septentrionale (North America) by Guillaume de l'Isle, published in Amsterdam, 1700. Cover art: Brad Rowe, University of California, Riverside, Publications. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Common border, uncommon paths : race, culture, and national identity in U.S.- Mexican relations / edited by Jaime E. Rodríguez O., Kathryn Vincent. p. cm. (Latin American silhouettes) Some essays translated from Spanish. Drawn from papers presented at a conference convened under the umbrella of the UC MEXUS program Critical Issues in U.S.-Mexican Relations. "Published in cooperation with the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC MEXUS)"T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8420-2673-8 (alk. paper) 1. United StatesRelationsMexicoCongresses. 2. Mexico RelationsUnited StatesCongresses. 3. National characteristics, AmericanCongresses. 4. National characteristics, MexicanCongresses. 5. RacismUnited StatesCongresses. 6. RacismMexicoCongresses. I. Rodríguez O., Jaime E., 1940- . II. Vincent, Kathryn, 1948- . III. University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States. IV. Series. E183.8.M6C64 1997 303.48'273072-dc21 97-8951 CIP The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for permanence of paper for printed library materials, Z39.48, 1984. Page v In Memory of Our Fathers Luis Arsenio Rodríguez Sandoval and David Lloyd Thomas Page vii Contents Preface ix Contributors xi Back to the Future: Racism and National Culture in U.S.- 1 Mexican Relations Jaime E. Rodríguez O. and Kathryn Vincent California: Land of Frontiers 15 Miguel León-Portilla Race and National Destiny 27 Ramón Eduardo Ruiz Racism and Mestizaje 43 Moisés González Navarro Mexican Cultural Identity in a U.S. City: The Roots of 79 Collective Action in Los Angeles José Manuel Valenzuela Arce Cultural Relations between the United States and Mexico 99 Carlos Monsiváis Writing the Border: The Languages and Limits of 123 Representation Norma Klahn Beyond Myths and Borders in Mexican and North 143 American Literature Luis Leal Bibliography 167
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