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dc.contributor.advisorKrochmal, Max
dc.contributor.authorAdams, Zachary Williamen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-22T18:48:24Z
dc.date.available2014-07-22T18:48:24Z
dc.date.created2012en_US
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.identifierUMI thesisen_US
dc.identifieretd-05042012-134137en_US
dc.identifierumi-10310en_US
dc.identifiercat-001820143en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/4368
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the naturalization of Mexican immigrants from 1910 through 1930 using immigrant opinions of American citizenship and the broad presence of Mexican consuls in the United States to explain why many immigrants were reluctant to naturalize. Additionally, it explains the reasons for the near-doubling of naturalization rates during this period, as Mexican American activist groups such as the Order Sons of America and the League of Latin American Citizens managed to increase the benefits of American citizenship for ethnic Mexicans despite increasing anti-Mexican nativism across the United States. It argues that the years from 1910 through 1930 proved crucial in setting patterns for how Anglo Americans, Mexican Americans, and Mexican immigrants understood the role of ethnic Mexicans in the United States, and how they consequently utilized American citizenship to guide the ethnic Mexican population into the specific roles that they envisioned.en_US
dc.format.mediumFormat: Onlineen_US
dc.publisher[Fort Worth, Tex.] : Texas Christian University,en_US
dc.relation.ispartofTCU Master Thesisen_US
dc.relation.requiresMode of access: World Wide Web.en_US
dc.relation.requiresSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader.en_US
dc.titleAmerican in name, in deed, in truth, and in fact : the multiple meanings of ethnic Mexican citizenship in the United States form 1910 to 1930en_US
dc.typeTexten_US
etd.degree.departmentDepartment of History
etd.degree.levelMaster
local.collegeAddRan College of Liberal Arts
local.departmentHistory
local.academicunitDepartment of History
dc.type.genreThesis
local.subjectareaHistory
etd.degree.nameMaster of Arts


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