![]() | Política: Nuevomexicanos and American Political Incorporation, 1821–1910 Subjects: New Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1848–1950; Mexican Americans -- New Mexico -- Politics and government -- 19th century; Hispanic Americans -- New Mexico -- Politics and government -- 19th century; Mexican-American Border Region -- Historiography; Política offers a stunning revisionist understanding of the early political incorporation of Mexican-origin peoples into the U.S. body politic in the nineteenth century. Historical sociologist Phillip B. Gonzales reexamines the fundamental issue in New Mexico's history, namely, the dramatic shift in national identities initiated by Nuevomexicanos when their province became ruled by the United States. Phillip B. Gonzales is a professor of sociology and director of the School of Public Administration at the University of New Mexico. He is the editor and a contributing author of Expressing New Mexico: Nuevomexicano Creativity, Ritual, and Memory and the author of Forced Sacrifice as Ethnic Protest: The Hispano Cause in New Mexico and the Racial Attitude Confrontation of 1933 . |
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