‘The Mexican American Experience in Texas’ Takes a Deep Look at Our Sordid State History
Martha Menchaca’s new book examines events that have shaped the lives of so many in the Lone Star State.
Since 1954
Martha Menchaca is a professor of anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of Recovering History, Constructing Race: The Indian, Black, and White Roots of Mexican Americans and Naturalizing Mexican Immigrants: A Texas History.
Martha Menchaca’s new book examines events that have shaped the lives of so many in the Lone Star State.