La Frontera and Beyond: Geography and Demography in Mexican American HistoryFootnote*

*Support for the research was provided by a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD37824-02) on “Assimilation Trajectories in Mexican American Families,” by Principal Investigator, Brian Gratton. The authors wish to acknowledge the helpful suggestions of the two anonymous referees, as well as Paul A. Peters, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, for helping to create updated maps for this article.

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