Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. CHAPTER 1 From the Making of the U.S.-Mexico Border to the U.S. Civil War 15
7. CHAPTER 2 The Politics of Naturalization Policy in Texas: The Case of Mexican Immigrants 52
8. CHAPTER 3 Ricardo Rodriguez and the People’s Party in the 1890s 109
9. CHAPTER 4 From the Spanish-American War to the Outbreak of the Mexican Revolution 160
10. CHAPTER 5 Mexican Women and Naturalization: The Era of the Woman Suffrage Movement 206
11. CHAPTER 6 Then and Now: The Path Toward Citizenship 260
12. APPENDIX 1 Texas Naturalization Records and Archives, Pre-1906 313
13. APPENDIX 2 Persons Naturalized in Texas and by Mexican Origin, 1907–2009 321
14. Abbreviations 323
15. Notes 325
16. Bibliography 339
17. Index 367