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State Out of the Union - Arizona and the Final Showdown Over the American Dream (Hardcover)
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State Out of the Union - Arizona and the Final Showdown Over the American Dream (Hardcover)
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S"tate Out of the Union" is award-winning journalist and historian
Jeff Biggers' riveting account of Arizona, the famed frontier state
whose conflict over immigration and state's rights has become a
national bellwether. Biggers shows how Arizona's long history of
labor and civil rights battles, its contentious entry into the
union, as well as cyclical upheavals over immigration rights, place
the state front and center in a greater American story playing out
across the United States. From President Eisenhower's Operation
Wetback to the legacy of Arizona native son Cesar Chavez to the
powerful influence of the state's politicians, like Sen. Barry
Goldwater and Tea Party President Russell Pearce, Biggers reveals
how Arizona has played a pivotal role in determining the nation's
conservative and liberal agendas.
Today, more than 25 state legislatures have introduced
anti-immigration bills that are virtual copies of Arizona's
controversial SB 1070 "papers please" law. The state is ground zero
in the clash over a historic demographic shift taking place across
the country with the rise of a newly empowered Latino electorate.
But Arizona is not only home to some of the most virulent
anti-immigration legislation in the country--it is also the
birthplace of a new movement of young Latino activists and allies
who have not only challenged the self-proclaimed architect of SB
1070 in a historic recall election, but are also mobilizing to
defend the state's education system from censorship.
A lasting and important work of cultural history, "State Out of the
Union" vividly unveils the showdown over the American Dream in
Arizona--and its impact on the future of the nation.
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