The Mexican American Experience in Texas

[The Mexican American Experience in Texas] serves as a thorough retelling of critical events that have shaped the cultural identity [of Mexican Americans]  in Texas all the way back to the state’s earliest days.

~Texas Observer

A sweeping historical narrative of Mexican American history in the Lone Star State...This lucid, ambitious work pays off for scholars interested in not just the history of Mexican Americans, but of southwestern border politics, civil rights, and of American conceptions of race.

~Journal of Arizona History

Today’s generation is lucky to have books like this to help them imagine and work for a better future. This book is a must read for anyone serious about understanding the Mexican American fight for inclusion, citizenship,and justice.

~Pacific Historical Review

What Menchaca has managed to do beautifully is not just collate data about the civil rights’ journey of the Mexican Americans but also demonstrate how many humans were deeply involved, even at times when it would have been easier for them to look the other way. Her talent comes to the forefront in the way she has analyzed an extremely complex history of five centuries of colonization, domination, and Othering that have culminated in today’s moment.

~E3W