Georgetown College

Americas Initiative Conference (2)

Mexico and Mexicans in the Making of the United States

A Conference Sponsored by the Georgetown College Americas Initiative
Georgetown University
April 27-28, 2007

Saturday, April 28: Executive Conference Room, 7th Floor, Intercultural Center

Coffee: 9:30 am

Session III: Continuing Challenges: 10:00 am

    "Making Americans and Mexicans in the Arizona Borderlands"
        Katherine Benton-Cohen (Louisiana State University)

    "Mexican Migrants and Labor in Twentieth-Century North America"
        Devra Weber (University of California, Riverside)

    "Transnational Communities: Mexicans Integrating North America"
        Robert Smith (Baruch College, City University of New York)

    Chair: Joseph Palacios (Georgetown University)
    Comment: Joseph McCartin (Georgetown University)  
                    Michael Kazin (Georgetown University)