New Directions in Transnational Mexican History: Mexico On the World Stage

New Directions in Transnational Mexican History: Mexico On the World Stage explores foreign immigration to Mexico to interpret Mexican transnationalism and pluriculturalism, including Mexican figures like Francisco Madero. It uses transnational approaches to determine if Mexico has emerged as a transmigration and emigration state and if the Mexican people's extraterritorial influence applies to larger swaths of the Americas and the world.

Format: Unspecified
Length: 296 pages
Publication date: 15 November 2023
Publisher: Lexington Books

New Directions in Transnational Mexican History: Mexico On the World Stage is a groundbreaking collection of essays by historians that delves into the profound impact of foreign immigration on Mexico's transnationalism and pluriculturalism. The contributors examine Mexico not just as a recipient nation but also as a hub that has shaped the lives of Mexican figures, such as Francisco Madero, who were deeply influenced by transnational experiences. This comprehensive book explores the diverse roles played by Spanish entrepreneurs, U.S. consuls, American and Mexican medical professionals, transnational railroad workers, borderland cowboys, international divas, cosmopolitan puppeteers, American missionaries, and Mexican women soccer players. This interdisciplinary field of study has garnered the attention of the latest generation of scholars, who are poised to contribute their insights during the age of globalization. These pioneering scholars employ transnational approaches to investigate whether Mexico has evolved into a state of transmigration and emigration and whether the Mexican people's extraterritorial influence, symbolized by terms like Greater Mexico and México de Afuera, extends to broader regions of the Americas and the world.

New Directions in Transnational Mexican History: Mexico On the World Stage is a groundbreaking collection of essays by historians that delves into the profound impact of foreign immigration on Mexico's transnationalism and pluriculturalism.

The contributors examine Mexico not just as a recipient nation but also as a hub that has shaped the lives of Mexican figures, such as Francisco Madero, who were deeply influenced by transnational experiences.

This comprehensive book explores the diverse roles played by Spanish entrepreneurs, U.S. consuls, American and Mexican medical professionals, transnational railroad workers, borderland cowboys, international divas, cosmopolitan puppeteers, American missionaries, and Mexican women soccer players.

This interdisciplinary field of study has garnered the attention of the latest generation of scholars, who are poised to contribute their insights during the age of globalization.

These pioneering scholars employ transnational approaches to investigate whether Mexico has evolved into a state of transmigration and emigration and whether the Mexican people's extraterritorial influence, symbolized by terms like Greater Mexico and México de Afuera, extends to broader regions of the Americas and the world.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781666926668