Patrick D. Lukens is a native of the Southwest. Since earning his PhD in history from Arizona State University, he has served as a policy analyst for the Arizona Board of Regents and is currently an independent scholar and a faculty member in the Arizona community college system.
"No one yet has provided this kind of insight on the process that
occurred before Mexicans were finally considered white by every
agency of the government."--Ignacio M. García, author of White But
Not Equal: Mexican Americans, Jury Discrimination, and the Supreme
Court "Lukens has identified a topic that is extremely worthy of
study. He has uncovered very interesting and previously unknown
elements of this story [and] his account of the Andrade decision is
engrossing."--Cybelle Fox, University of California, Berkeley
"This is a sophisticated historical treatment of an important
subject, and as such, [it] is deserving of our attention."--Journal
of Arizona History "By focusing on Andrade's remarkable, yet widely
overlooked case, Lukens sheds light on the intersection of
citizenship, race, and rights in the United States in the early
twentieth century."--Journal of American Ethnic History "Lukens's
book constitutes the first full-length treatment of this case and
its fascinating backstory."--Southwestern Historical Quarterly "By
reminding scholars about the Andrade case, this book enriches the
literature on the FDR administration, Latinos, and legal and policy
history during the 1930s. It also adds to recent studies that have
enriched historians' understanding of how US-Mexico relations
helped shape domestic civil rights and immigration policies as far
back as the 1930s. Finally, it contributes to a rich body of
literature on the fluid nature of race, specifically helping reveal
the relationship between politics and the making and unmaking of
racial identities and categories."--Journal of American Studies
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